title: [Capacity for physical action in traumatically-induced epidural hemorrhage].
abstract: Authors report the case of a 55-year-old man with a nearly normal capacity to act for appr. 48 hours following epidural hematoma due to a blunt trauma of the head with skull fracture. The man was amnestic for the period of time since the trauma. According to the computertomographic findings, the cause for the mild clinical symptoms was a pre-existent atrophy of the brain.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universität Hamburg.
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Anders
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamann
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D000647:Amnesia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D001284:Atrophy; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000293:injuries*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed