20160711 Annual Meeting Symposium - Forensic Pathology |
Forensic Pathology: Traumatic Subarachnoid Haemorrhage and the Mechanisms of Vertebral Artery Injury
Monday July 11, 1400-1630
C. Paul Johnson, Royal Liverpool University Hospital
Objectives:
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Recognize the typical presenting features and findings in traumatic basal subarachnoid haemorrhage.
2. List some of the proposed mechanisms for vascular injury and potential predisposing factors involved.
3. Describe a method of postmortem angiography suitable for investigating vertebro-basilar injury.
4. Select an effective dissection approach to removing the vertebral arteries
5. Describe an optimal histological sampling method to identify tear sites.
6. Explain important changes in histological structure along the vessels and features which assist in confirming antemortem arterial damage.
1. Recognize the typical presenting features and findings in traumatic basal subarachnoid haemorrhage.
2. List some of the proposed mechanisms for vascular injury and potential predisposing factors involved.
3. Describe a method of postmortem angiography suitable for investigating vertebro-basilar injury.
4. Select an effective dissection approach to removing the vertebral arteries
5. Describe an optimal histological sampling method to identify tear sites.
6. Explain important changes in histological structure along the vessels and features which assist in confirming antemortem arterial damage.