‘Brain Tissue Out’ in a Train Struck Victim: A Case Report

‘Brain Tissue Out’ in a Train Struck Victim: A Case Report

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Rossi Evelyn Barrientos Castillo
Department of Neurosurgery, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia

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Background: ‘Brain tissue out’ (BTO) is used here to describe traumatic acute extracranial cerebral herniation, an extreme manifestation of severe TBIs. Case Description: We report a case of a 15-year-old victim of a severe head injury who was brought with acute extracranial cerebral herniation ‘brain tissue out’. We review the current literature and evidence of this exceedingly rare presentation. Conclusion: 'Brain tissue out' is a rare form of severe head injury with a very poor prognosis. The possible catastrophic short long-term effects of this injury warrant further attention to clarify the underlying mechanisms and to identify its management guidelines.

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Case Report and Review of the Literature
Publication history
Received: Tue 14, Jun 2022
Accepted: Wed 29, Jun 2022
Published: Mon 11, Jul 2022
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© 2023 Rossi Evelyn Barrientos Castillo. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.NNB.2022.02.02