title: Significance of fatal head injuries associated with subependymal hemorrhage at the anterior horns of lateral ventricles.
abstract: We hypothesize the following items based on 41 autopsy cases with or without head injuries especially on subependymal injuries at the anterior horns of the lateral cerebral ventricles. The subependymal injuries at the regions (1) are not seen in fatal cases that did not have intracranial injuries, (2) have nothing to do with technical procedures for removal of the whole brain at autopsy, (3) are frequently associated with axonal injuries, (4) are presumed to be formed by rotating head injuries in a sagittal direction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Meidicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki-shi, Aomori-ken 036-8562, Japan. naohkuro@fa2.so-net.ne.jp
authors.forename: Naohito
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kuroda
authors.forename: Sohtaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mimasaka
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kita
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tani