Fracture (mandibular / jaw) 0006

2D axial CT slice, corresponding 3D Volume Rendering Technique (VRT) reconstruction and photograph of a Harp Seal (Phoca groenlandica) with multiple fractures of the right mandible and orbit, and right eye rupture. The photograph shows edema and ecchymosis along the right mandible and eye and vitreous humor oozing of the right eye. This seal presented postmortem with evidence of blunt trauma to the side of the head; a ruptured eye, swelling, and contusion. Specimen courtesy of Cape Cod Stranding Network (CCSN/IFAW).