The source of the hematoma is rupture of the branches of the caudal auricular artery that penetrate the auricular cartilage 1. The hematoma is sandwiched between pieces of cartilage that have been ...

Two episodes of arterial embolism occurred before death, one to the right popliteal artery one month before admission, and the other to the abdominal aorta two days before death. Since auricular ...