title: [Fatal soccer injury as an unfortunate sequela of collision].
abstract: The tragic death of a 26-year old hobby soccer player is described, who had a collision with the opposing goalie and suffered from a fracture of the left lateral process of the atlas, an extensive subarachnoid haemorrhage, tamponade of the third and fourth cerebral ventricles, bleeding into both lateral cerebral ventricles, infratentorial and supratentorial cerebral oedema. Furthermore, a survey of the literature concerning acute death in soccer is presented.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik II, Klinikum der Stadt Fulda.
authors.forename: V C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Raschka
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sitte
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gödecke
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Hammar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001926:Brain Death / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001270:Cervical Atlas / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D016489:Head Injuries, Closed / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012916:Soccer / Q000293:injuries*; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Ein tödlicher Fussballunfall als unglückliche Kollisionsfolge.