Survival after ponto-medullary junction trauma.
Four cases with partial avulsions of the ponto-medullary junction resulting from a head injury with survival from 8 to 26 days are reported. Such lesions are not necessarily immediately fatal and they must be looked for specifically postmortem.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D009336:Necrosis; D011149:Pons / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology