Question 907
{"accessible":false,"alternatives":[{"id":4560,"text":"traumatic injury occurring directly beneath the site of initial impact is usually less severe and due to skull impacting upon the outer surface of the brain"},{"id":4561,"text":"traumatic injury occurring directly beneath the site of initial impact is usually more severe and due to skull impacting upon the outer surface of the brain"},{"id":4562,"text":"traumatic injury occurring opposite the site of initial impact is usually less severe and due to brain impacting upon the inner surface of the skull"},{"id":4563,"text":"traumatic injury occurring opposite the site of initial impact is usually more severe and due to brain impacting upon the inner surface of the skull"}],"archived":false,"correctAlternativeId":4563,"explanation":"\u003cp\u003eThe contrecoup injury is located opposite the initial point of impact (known as the 'coup' meaning 'strike' in French) and occurs when the accelerated brain impacts against the inner surface of the skull. It is usually more severe than the injury at the site of impact.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e","id":907,"imageUrl":null,"imageAttribution":null,"imageAttributionCaseInfo":null,"firstQuestionPath":"/questions/1524","nextQuestionPath":null,"relatedArticles":[],"alsoUsedIn":[{"id":119,"kind":"Course","title":"Emergency Radiology Course - Melbourne - page 119","link":"https://radiopaedia.org/courses/emergency-radiology-course-melbourne-2020/pages/119"},{"id":119,"kind":"Course","title":"Trauma Radiology Course - Sydney - page 119","link":"https://radiopaedia.org/courses/trauma-radiology-course-sydney-2020/pages/119"},{"id":119,"kind":"Course","title":"Trauma CT Brain Learning Pathway - page 119","link":"https://radiopaedia.org/courses/trauma-ct-brain-learning-pathway/pages/119"}],"stem":"\u003cp\u003eWhich of the following statements best describes the contrecoup pattern of brain injury?\u003c/p\u003e","menuLinks":[{"text":"Report problem with question","url":"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfO3soWYhOjJ7yErSysyCe5V4A1CqW7WK3rDA7MtAkecMGqNw/viewform?entry.1624461248\u0026entry.553583435=https://radiopaedia.org/questions/907"}],"attemptsPercentages":[{"alternativeId":"4561","percentage":2},{"alternativeId":"4560","percentage":4},{"alternativeId":"4563","percentage":88},{"alternativeId":"4562","percentage":6}],"promptToLogin":false,"questionManager":false,"articleId":"coup-contrecoup-injury-brain"}