Contrecoup Injury

"Contrecoup Injury" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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An injury in which the damage is located on the opposite side of the primary impact site. A blow to the back of head which results in contrecoup injury to the frontal lobes of the brain is the most common type.

Descriptor ID

D056886

MeSH Number(s)

C10.900.300.087.125.249

C26.224

C26.260.118.150.249

C26.915.300.200.150.249

Concept/Terms

Contrecoup Injury

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Contrecoup Injury".

Diseases [C]
Nervous System Diseases [C10]
Trauma, Nervous System [C10.900]
Craniocerebral Trauma [C10.900.300]
Brain Injuries [C10.900.300.087]
Brain Concussion [C10.900.300.087.125]
Contrecoup Injury [C10.900.300.087.125.249]
Wounds and Injuries [C26]
Contrecoup Injury [C26.224]
Craniocerebral Trauma [C26.260]
Brain Injuries [C26.260.118]
Brain Concussion [C26.260.118.150]
Contrecoup Injury [C26.260.118.150.249]
Trauma, Nervous System [C26.915]
Craniocerebral Trauma [C26.915.300]
Brain Injuries [C26.915.300.200]
Brain Concussion [C26.915.300.200.150]
Contrecoup Injury [C26.915.300.200.150.249]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Contrecoup Injury".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Contrecoup Injury".

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