Head Injuries, Closed

Synonyms

Blunt Head Injuries

Blunt Head Injury

Closed Head Injuries

Closed Head Injury

Closed Head Trauma

Closed Head Traumas

Head Injuries, Blunt

Head Injuries, Nonpenetrating

Head Injury, Blunt

Head Injury, Closed

Head Injury, Nonpenetrating

Head Trauma, Closed

Head Traumas, Closed

Injuries, Closed Head

Nonpenetrating Head Injuries

Nonpenetrating Head Injury

Traumatic injuries to the cranium where the integrity of the skull is not compromised and no bone fragments or other objects penetrate the skull and DURA MATER. This frequently results in mechanical injury being transmitted to intracranial structures which may produce TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES, hemorrhage, or CRANIAL NERVE INJURIES. (From Rowland, Merritt's Textbook of Neurology, 9th ed, p417)