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. 2017 Feb 17:805–907.e1. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-323-35775-3.00014-X

Figure 14-69.

Figure 14-69

“Duret” Hemorrhages, Brainstem, Transverse Section at the Level of the Mesencephalon.

Note the multiple hemorrhages in the ventral mesencephalon (arrow). These hemorrhages are the result of twisting of the brainstem on a longitudinal axis from rotational and axial forces.

(Courtesy Dr. M.D. McGavin, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee.)