Difference between revisions of "Intracranial hematomas"

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*+/-Hemosiderin-laden macrophages.
*+/-Hemosiderin-laden macrophages.


==Cerebral white mater predominant petechial hemorrhage==
==Cerebral fat embolism==
*AKA ''brain purpura''.
 
===General===
===General===
Etiology:  
*Etiology: trauma.
*Fat embolism syndrome - secondary to trauma.


===Gross===
===Gross===
Features:<ref name=pmid7423578>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kamenar | first1 = E. | last2 = Burger | first2 = PC. | title = Cerebral fat embolism: a neuropathological study of a microembolic state. | journal = Stroke | volume = 11 | issue = 5 | pages = 477-84 | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 7423578 }}
Features:<ref name=pmid7423578>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kamenar | first1 = E. | last2 = Burger | first2 = PC. | title = Cerebral fat embolism: a neuropathological study of a microembolic state. | journal = Stroke | volume = 11 | issue = 5 | pages = 477-84 | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 7423578 }}
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*Multiple white matter petechiae.  
*Multiple white matter predominant petechiae.


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