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Forensic Neuropathology This page intentionally left blank Forensic Neuropathology Edited by Helen L Whitwell Professor of Forensic Pathology,University of Sheffield, Sheffield,UK Hodder Arnold A MEMBER OF THE HODDER HEADLINE GROUP LONDON First published in Great Britain in 2005 by Arnold, a member of the Hodder Headline Group, 338 Euston Road, London NW1 3BH http://www.hoddereducation.com Distributed in the United States of America by Oxford University Press Inc., 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY10016 Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press © 2005 Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronically or mechanically, including photocopying, recording or any information storage or retrieval system, without either prior permission in writing from the publisher or a licence permitting restricted copying. In the United Kingdom such licences are issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency: 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. Whilst the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, neither the author[s] nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions that may be made. In particular (but without limiting the generality of the preceding disclaimer) every effort has been made to check drug dosages; however it is still possible that errors have been missed. Furthermore, dosage schedules are constantly being revised and new side-effects recognized. For these reasons the reader is strongly urged to consult the drug companies’ printed instructions before administering any of the drugs recommended in this book. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress ISBN-10: 0 340 70004 1 ISBN-13: 978 0 340 70004 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Commissioning Editor: Serena Bureau Development Editor: Layla Vandenbergh Project Editor: Zelah Pengilley Production Controller: Lindsay Smith Indexer: Laurence Errington Illustrations: David Graham Typeset in 10/13pt Sabon by Charon Tec Pvt. Ltd, Chennai, India www.charontec.com Printed and bound in Italy What do you think about this book? Or any other Arnold title? Please visit our website: www.hoddereducation.com To my parents and Robin This page intentionally left blank Contents Contributors ix Foreword xi Preface xiii Acknowledgements xiv 1 Anatomy of the head and neck 1 Peter H Dangerfield 2 Techniques 20 Helen L Whitwell 3 Scalp, facial and gunshot injuries 36 Christopher M Milroy 4 Adult skull fractures 53 Philip D Lumb and Helen L Whitwell 5 Intracranial haematomas: extradural and subdural 62 Helen L Whitwell 6 Subarachnoid haemorrhage and cerebro–vascular pathology 71 Helen L Whitwell and Christopher M Milroy 7 Contusional brain injury and intracerebral haemorrhage: traumatic and non-traumatic 82 Helen L Whitwell 8 Primary traumatic brain injury 94 Jennian F Geddes 9 Brain swelling and oedema, raised intracranial pressure, and the non-perfused brain 107 Helen L Whitwell 10 Spinal injuries 113 Damianos E Sakas and Helen L Whitwell 11 Difficult areas in forensic neuropathology: homicide, suicide or accident 124 Christopher M Milroy and Helen L Whitwell 12 Head injury in the child 135 Helen L Whitwell 13 Non-traumatic neurological conditions in medicolegal work 152 Colin Smith ■ viii Contents 14 Alcohol, drugs and toxins 168 Colin Smith and Alexander R W Forrest 15 Clinical aspects of head injury 180 Damianos E Sakas 16 The role of the expert witness 196 Paul Watson and Christopher M Milroy Index 203 Contributors Peter H Dangerfield MD Philip D Lumb BMedSci (Hons) MBChB DipRCPath (Forensic) Senior Lecturer in Clinical Anatomy; and DMJ (Path) MRCPath (Forensic) Director Year 1 MB ChB Course Home Office Pathologist School of Medical Education Sheffield, UK University of Liverpool, Liverpool; and Damianos E Sakas Professor in Health Sciences Professor of Neurosurgery Staffordshire University University of Athens Medical School; and Stoke on Trent, UK Chairman, University Department of Neurosurgery Alexander R W ForrestLLM FRCP FRCPathCChem FRSCRFP Evangelismos General Hospital Professor of Forensic Chemistry; and Athens, Greece Consultant, Clinical Chemistry and Forensic Toxicology Colin SmithMDMRCPath Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Senior Lecturer in Pathology; and Sheffield, UK Honary Consultant in Neuropathology Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK Jennian F Geddes FRCPath Former Reader in Clinical Neuropathology Paul Watson BA(Hons) Barts and The London, Queen Mary’s School of QC of Gray’s Inn, Barrister Medicine and Dentistry Paradise Chambers, Sheffield, UK Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK Helen L Whitwell MBChB FRCPathDMJ (Path) Christopher M MilroyMD ChB LLB (Hons) FRCPath Professor of Forensic Pathology DMJ (Path) University of Sheffield Professor of Forensic Pathology, Sheffield, UK University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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