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1/4. Symmetrical necrosis of the solitary tract nuclei as a contributory cause of death.

    A 64-year-old man died in spite of surgery 4 days after attempting suicide. He first tried to hang himself with a rope and when the hanging did not succeed, he cut his throat with a knife. The autopsy showed four sutured cervical wounds with laryngeal wounds but without associated important vascular injury. The neuropathological study revealed two watershed-type haemorrhagic infarcts, involving the left occipital lobe and the left cerebellum. It also showed a symmetrical necrosis of solitary tract nuclei in the medullary tegmentum. Such a lesion is likely to result from sudden acute transient circulatory failure and might have played a role in the secondary autonomous cardiac and respiratory dysfunctions following a non-lethal trauma.
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2/4. Brainstem hemorrhage in descending transtentorial herniation (Duret hemorrhage).

    OBJECTIVES: To review clinical and radiological findings in patients with Duret hemorrhages and to discuss the pathophysiology and differential diagnosis of these lesions. patients AND methods: We reviewed the case records of four patients with Duret hemorrhages who had been admitted to the neurological intensive care unit with supratentorial mass lesions. RESULTS: Descending transtentorial and subfalcine herniations were present in all cases. Three patients were admitted with acute subdural hematoma and one with intraparenchymal hemorrhage. Computed tomography revealed the presence of blood in the mesencephalon and upper pons. Three patients died; one survived with severe disabilities. DISCUSSION: Duret hemorrhages are typically located in the ventral and paramedian aspects of the upper brainstem (mesencephalon and pons). The pathophysiology of Duret hemorrhage remains under debate: arterial origin (stretching and laceration of pontine perforating branches of the basilar artery), versus venous origin (thrombosis and venous infarction). Multifactorial causation seems likely. CONCLUSION: Duret hemorrhages are delayed, secondary brainstem hemorrhages. They occur in craniocerebral trauma victims with rapidly evolving descending transtentorial herniation. diagnosis is made on computed tomography of the brain. In most cases the outcome is fatal. On the basis of our observations we believe that arterial hypertension and advanced age are risk factors for the development of Duret hemorrhage.
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3/4. Midbrain hemorrhage presenting with oculomotor nerve palsy: case report.

    BACKGROUND: We report a case of isolated oculomotor nerve palsy caused by a midbrain hemorrhage. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 75-year-old man visited our hospital complaining of double vision and left eye ptosis without headache. Neuro-ophthalmic examination showed that his left and right pupils were 3.5 mm and 3 mm in diameter, respectively, that left downward eye movement was limited, and that convergence of the right eye was limited. magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated that there was a hematoma located in the anterior tegmentum of the left midbrain. Two weeks after admission and treatment, including conservative therapy, his double vision gradually disappeared. CONCLUSION: To date, 73 cases have been reported in the literature. Most cases of isolated oculomotor nerve palsy have been caused by diabetes mellitus, aneurysm, or infarction. However, focal midbrain hemorrhage incidentally produces third nerve palsy. MRI is extremely helpful in diagnosing a small hemorrhage of the midbrain in such cases.
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4/4. homicide by manual occipitoatlantal dislocation.

    Occipitoatlantal dislocation is usually seen as a fatal injury in traffic accidents and has rarely been reported as a consequence of a homicide. The authors report the case of a women presenting a fatal occipitoatlantal dislocation, the circumstances of which pointed to a homicidal origin. blood extravasation surrounding the muscles of the posterior part of the neck as well as abnormal mobility of the cranio-cervical joint was noted during autopsy; thus a complete dissection of this region was performed. This led to the finding of a fracture of the left occipital condyle and of the left superior articular facet of the atlas. This case clearly demonstrates the need to perform a large, systematic, posterior approach to the upper cervical spine, completed by the opening of the skull around the posterior fossa, when injury to the cranio-cervical junction is suspected. In these cases, the classic anterior approach give poor information and poor dissection possibilities.
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