Publications by authors named "Jose Gonzalez Tortosa"
Background: Head injuries constitute one of the leading causes of pediatric morbidity and mortality. Most injuries result from accidents involving an acceleration/deceleration mechanism. However, a special type of head injury occurs when the children sustain a traumatism whose main component is a static load in relation to a crushing mechanism with the head relatively immobile.
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- - The case study discusses a 23-year-old woman with neurofibromatosis Type 1 presenting unusual symptoms, including café-au-lait spots and a chronic hematoma in the left parietal bone, marking a first observation of this type in such a patient.
- - Imaging techniques like skull radiography revealed an osteolytic lesion and abnormal vascular markings, while angiography found an incidental aneurysm and unusual venous drainage patterns.
- - The authors suggest that the hematoma arose from abnormal venous drainage and vascular issues causing blockages, leading to the accumulation of blood in the diploic area of the skull.
Background And Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate epidemiological and clinical aspects of brain abscess (BA) and changes in clinical patterns during the last 30 years.
Patients And Method: Observational study of a cohort of non-pediatric patients with BA admitted at a 944-bed hospital. Data collection from clinical records was done according to a standard protocol.
Object: Most craniocerebral injuries are caused by mechanisms of acceleration and/or deceleration. Traumatic injuries following progressive compression to the head are certainly unusual. The authors reviewed clinical and radiological features in a series of patients who had sustained a special type of cranial crush injury produced by the bilateral application of rather static forces to the temporal region.
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