Brain injury. Gross specimen of a section through a brain showing the effects of a blunt trauma. The hemisphere at right is showing extensive haemorrh

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Brain injury. Gross specimen of a section through a brain showing the effects of a blunt trauma. The hemisphere at right is showing extensive haemorrhaging (bleeding, brown areas) and haematoma (bruising, dark brown). This bleeding, along with oedema (accumulation of fluid), has caused the brain to swell and herniated (displaced) the cingulate gyrus (upper centre) and compressed the ventricles (spaces at centre).

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