From the case:
Coup-contrecoup injury (diagram)
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Diagram depicting coup-contrecoup injury mechanism.
- external blow (yellow arrow)
- skull is accelerated away from blow (purple arrows) and impacts upon the underlying brain (coup)
- brain is also accelerated away from blow (blue arrow)
- brain then impacts upon the skull opposite the initial blow (contrecoup)