cerebral laceration

Introduction

occurs when the tissue of the brain is cut or torn

Etiology

• penetrating & perforating head trauma
• often found with skull fractures on both sides of the head

Pathology

• the pia mater & arachnoid membranes* are torn over the site of injury
• common in the inferior frontal lobes & the poles of the temporal lobes

* in cerebral contusion the pia mater & arachnoid membranes are not torn

More general terms

• laceration
• traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• intracranial hemorrhage