Journal of Forensic Research

Aniceto Méndez

Publications

• Case Report
  Report of a Case of a Head Injury in a Mule (Eqqus ferus caballus) A Pathological Study
  Author(s): Abelardo Morales and Aniceto MéndezAbelardo Morales and Aniceto Méndez
  
  The aim of this study was report of a case of a head injury in a mule (Eqqus ferus caballus) by pathological study. Were studied a mule of 3 months old, with history of a head injury, collapse, shock and sudden death. Was to examined by necropsy and samples of tissue were recollected. Necropsy revealed a traumatic in head with brain injury obliquely with an open fracture of the frontal bone, about 15 cm long, 1.5 cm wide, exposure of brain tissue and significant bleeding. Severe hydrocephalus acquired approximately 15 cubic centimeters.Submeningeal hematoma on the ventral side of the frontal bone, as well as a hematoma in the left hemisphere. The histopathology of brain evidence severed edema and hemorrhage submeningeal and marked coagulation necrosis acute encephalomalacia and leukoencephalomalacia. Increased Virchow-Robbins space. Evidence is not su.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7145.1000182

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