Definitions: Coup injury: injury directly below the area of traum Contercoup: occurs on the opposite side of the injury Focal brain injury: specific grossly observable brain lesion with: • Cortical contusions • Epidural hemorrhage • Subdural hematoma
Definitions: Coup injury: injury directly below the area of traum Contercoup: occurs on the opposite side of the injury Focal brain injury: specific grossly observable brain lesion with: • Cortical contusions • Epidural hemorrhage • Subdural hematoma