Question
The condition shown in the photograph below occurs due to ?
A. Friction abrasion.
B. Patterned abrasion.
C. Imprint abrasion.
D. Contusion.
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Ans:D. Contusion.
The condition shown in the picture above represents black eye which occur due to contusion.
Black eye (periorbital hematoma)is bruising around the eye , caused by bleeding beneath the skin , around the eye.
CONTUSION (BRUISES)
- Is an effusion of blood into tissues due to rupture of subcutaneous vessel.
- It is a superficial injury.
- Migratory or Ectopic or Percolated contusions: injury at one site, contusion at a remote site due to gravitation of blood
Fracture of floor of anterior cranial fossa – bruising around eye (black eye or spectacle hematoma)
Fracture of floor of middle cranial fossa – bruising over mastoid (battle’s sign)
Fracture of jaw – bruising in the neck
Fracture of pelvis – bruising over thigh
Fracture femur – bruise in lower thigh or above knee
Calf injury -bruise in ankle.