FORENSIC PATHOLOGY REVIEWS Volume 1 - Securimetric

Table 2
Injuries of the Skull and Intracranial Findings
in Victims Killed by Kicking, Trampling, and Punching
Rostock
Hamburg Greifswald Berlin Rostock (kick + punch)
1982–1995 1996–2000 1980–1997 1982–1995 1958–2000
Number of cases examined 35 92 152 22 136
Injuries of the skull
Orbita 2 (5.7%) 14 (15.2%) � 3 (13.6%) 14 (10.3%)
Nasal bone 4 (11.4%) 23 (25.0%) 39 (25.7%) 5 (22.7%) 29 (21.3%)
Cheek bone 3 (8.6%) 11 (12.0%) � 3 (13.6%) 19 (14.0%)
Maxilla 8 (22.9%) 9 (9.8%) 14 (9.2%) 2 (9.1%) 11 (8.1%)
Mandible 7 (20.0%) 8 (8.7%) 14 (9.2%) 2 (9.1%) 13 (9.6%)
Calvaria 5 (14.3%) 8 (8.7%) � 3 (13.6%) 43 (31.6%)
Base of the skull 6 (17.1%) 10 (10.9%) � 6 (27.3%) 51 (37.5%)
Intracranial findings
Epidural hemorrhage 13 37.1%) 21 (22.8%) � * 13 (9.6%)
Subdural hemorrhage 14 (40.0%) 27 (29.3%) 40 (28.3%) * 63 (46.7%)
Subarachnoidal bleeding 4 (4.3%) 27 (17.8%) * 69 (51.1%)
Contusion, cerebral hemorrhage 8 (22.9%) 17 (18.5%) 33 (21.7%) 10 (45.5%) 73 (54.1%)
Note. � = these data cannot be compared with those of the other studies; Taymoorian (7) described multiple fractures of facial bones in
10 cases (6.6%). * = 50% of the cases analyzed by Brandt (3) showed epidural and/or subdural hemorrhage.
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