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Neuroimaging of Traumatic Skin Injuries and Associated Lesions

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The skin, by virtue of being the largest organ in the human body and being exposed to the surroundings, is the generally first point of impact with trauma. Injury to the skin commonly is an indicator of trauma to underlying organs. Diagnostic imaging plays an important role in evaluating the extent of injury beyond the skin. This chapter reviews the clinical and imaging findings related to penetrating trauma, blunt trauma, thermal injury, and birth injury, non-accidental trauma, and associated complications involving the head and neck, such as fractures, intracranial hemorrhage, brain injuries, retained foreign bodies, orbital injuries, infection, and vascular compromise.

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  1. Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Tamari Miller

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA

    Marc Moisi

  3. Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

    Daniel Thomas Ginat

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Miller, T., Moisi, M., Ginat, D.T. (2019). Neuroimaging of Traumatic Skin Injuries and Associated Lesions. In: Ginat, D. (eds) Neuroradiological Imaging of Skin Diseases and Related Conditions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90931-8_8

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