Can someone decipher these terminologies into english for me please?

[bexx87]

So I have what back what BIRU suggested about me yesterday and I have in medical speak for the first time what Ive never been told (beside frontal lobe damage) a sentence of what I sustained and googling has been of no help:

Frontal Haemorrhagic Contustion

Frontal Extacerebral Haematoma

Basal Skull Fracture

Can anyone decipher these terminologies into english for me please?

[johnny1963]

Frontal haemorrhagic contusion is bruising of brain tissue.

Frontal extracerebral haematoma is bleeding of brain tissue.

Basal skull fracture is the fracture of the base of your skull.

They should have explained that to you.

John

[Kirk5w7]

Ok, i understand it as follows, please correct me anyone if i am wrong.

Frontal Haemorragic Contusion is a bruising( contusion) to the frontal lobe

Frontal Extracerebral haematoma is a blood clot situated outside of the frontal lobe but within your skull.

Basal skull fracture is a break of the bone at the base of the skull

Dont know if this helps at all

Janet x

[bexx87]

thanks, no-one has every explained to me what my injuries where (which is why I tell people I have the generic term of frontal lobe damage) or even why people get excited at the fact that I have a tbi but I work as a civil servant (which I still find weird) so bruise, bleed and fracture, thanks it all sounds like its the terminology is latin but its nice to have a better understanding of my injury

[RogerCMerriman in reply to bexx87]

That was one of the main things I got from the Rehab I got, which was cognitive testing so I know what has been damaged and where I had the bleeds, knowledge is power as you where.