title: Contrecoup haemorrhage in a patient with left pubic fracture but right obturator artery bleeding.
abstract: Contrecoup injury following head trauma is well known. It is caused by the acceleration-deceleration mechanism that can be fully explained by Newton's first law of motion. We report on a victim of a motor vehicle accident with non-displacement left pubis fracture but haemorrhage from the right obturator artery. Contrecoup haemorrhage should be excluded first in unstable patients without evidence of significant trauma but with a minor pelvic fracture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Chiayi Christian Hospital, Taiwan. Galaxy.bear@msa.hinet.net
authors.forename: Ying C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jenn-Shyan
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Yi-Lii
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D001158:Arteries / Q000293:injuries; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D010388:Pelvis; D011630:Pubic Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D011859:Radiography; D012421:Rupture; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging