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Cerebral Oedema
- increase in vascular permeability
- follows (e.g.)
- → raised intracranial pressure as brain enclosed in rigid skull
- → occlusion of venous return
- → increasing intracranial pressure
- → herniation
Causes
- vasogenic
- cytotoxic (accumulation of cell water)
- interstitial (consequence of hydrocdephalus)
Treatment
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