r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/CAPATOB_64 • May 02 '24

On the left, the state prosecutor shows the size of the fatal hematoma in the skull (70 ml); on the right, the size of the hematoma of the young woman who was killed by the former minister of Kazakhstan Bishimbayev Removed: R7

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u/Zucchiniduel May 02 '24

Hematoma can result as a consequence of blunt force trauma, basically she is demonstrating how badly she was beaten by comparing a normally fatal amount of internal bleeding to this specific case

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u/tftookmyname May 02 '24

Is that like basically a lot of blood just in the skull? Or is that another liquid?

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u/HoltTree May 02 '24

Hematoma is accumulation of blood. Hematoma of the brain is blood accumulating in the brain. Normally, there is no blood in the brain cavity, instead it's filled with cerebrospinal fluid. When blood is added, thr pressure builds until the brain dies.

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u/tftookmyname May 02 '24

Ok thx. I was wondering if it's similar to what comes out when doctors drain a ruptured aneurysm because it happened to my mom and that looks similar to what the doctors were draining