Brain herniation is a potentially deadly side effect of very high pressure within the skull that occurs when a part of the brain is squeezed across structures...

Cerebral edema with sustained increased intracranial hypertension and brain herniation can signify impending catastrophic neurological events which require...

the accompanying mass effect may eventually cause brain herniation (when different parts of the brain are displaced or shifted to new areas in relation...

this lesion. Untreated pressure caused by these cysts can result in brain herniation. Colloid cyst symptoms have been associated with four variables: cyst...

surgical access to the ventricles. Subfalcine herniation of the cingulate gyrus may occur following traumatic brain injury. Falx cerebri in relation to the...

occur. Brain herniation is an extremely dangerous condition in which parts of the brain are pushed past hard structures within the skull. In herniation syndrome...

in the emergency setting may result in brain herniation, a life-threatening condition in which parts of the brain are squeezed past parts of the skull....

within the skull (brain herniation).[citation needed] Ring enhancement may also be observed in cerebral hemorrhages (bleeding) and some brain tumors. However...

flow in the brain) is reduced; ischemia results. When the pressure within the skull rises too high, it can cause brain death or brain herniation, in which...

delicate brain tissue or limit its blood supply. Severe increases in intracranial pressure (ICP) can cause brain herniation, in which parts of the brain are...

stroke. Edema, or swelling, of the brain may occur which increases intracranial pressure and may result in brain herniation. A stroke may result in coma or...

containing the appendix vermiformis within the hernia sac Brain herniation, sometimes referred to as brain hernia, is a potentially deadly side effect of very...

transtentorial herniation (uncal herniation). It is a secondary condition caused by a primary injury on the opposite hemisphere of the brain. Kernohan's...

can crush brain tissue, shift brain structures, contribute to hydrocephalus, cause brain herniation, and restrict blood supply to the brain. It is a cause...

involves formation of abnormal clumps of protein in neurons throughout the brain. Manifesting as Lewy bodies (discovered in 1912 by Frederic Lewy) and Lewy...

the terminal stages of acute head injury and may indicate imminent brain herniation. It can also be seen after the intravenous administration of epinephrine...

called herniation and will often cause an enlarged pupil on the affected side, due to pressure on the oculomotor nerve. Tentorial herniation is a serious...

in permanent brain damage or death. Without surgery, death usually follows, due to enlargement of the hematoma, causing a brain herniation. As with other...

with overcorrecting too quickly, which can result in arrhythmias, brain herniation, or refeeding syndrome depending on the cause of imbalance. Electrolytes...

stroke, and impending brain herniation are known to lead to temporal mydriasis as well. A brain catastrophe, or a rapidly increasing brain mass, can cause compression...

certain situations such as a tumour, because it can lead to fatal brain herniation. Some anaesthetics and chemotherapy are injected intrathecally into...

when he stood up on his last day of life, has been interpreted as brain herniation and Duret haemorrhages. Dorland's (2012). Dorland's Illustrated Medical...

partial loss of vision in a normal-appearing eye caused by damage to the brain's occipital cortex. Cortical blindness can be acquired or congenital, and...

exert a mass effect on the brain, increasing intracranial pressure and potentially causing midline shift or deadly brain herniation. In the past this effect...

there is a mass in the brain (tumor or abscess) or the intracranial pressure (ICP) is elevated, as it may lead to brain herniation. If someone is at risk...

altitudes. It causes drowsiness or loss of consciousness, leading to brain herniation and death. Pulmonary edema occurs when the pressure in blood vessels...

tentorii) is important due to some types of brain herniation through it, i.e. supratentorial, infratentorial herniation. The tentorium cerebelli divides the...

muscle in the body, a signal must be sent from the motor cortex in the brain down the upper motor neuron as it travels down the spinal cord. There, it...

interference with the brain stem, such as can be caused by a lesion or indirect effects, such as brain herniation. Mass lesions in the brain stem normally cause...

(aerodynamics), a helicopter phenomenon Coning or transforaminal herniation, in brain herniation, the downward movement of the cerebellar tonsils Coning, the...