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Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Brain Diseases > Brain Edema

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Brain Edema  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Brain Swelling
  • Brain Swellings
  • Edema, Intracranial
  • Intracranial Edema
  • Swelling, Brain

Scope note

  • Increased intracellular or extracellular fluid in brain tissue. Cytotoxic brain edema (swelling due to increased intracellular fluid) is indicative of a disturbance in cell metabolism, and is commonly associated with hypoxic or ischemic injuries (see HYPOXIA, BRAIN). An increase in extracellular fluid may be caused by increased brain capillary permeability (vasogenic edema), an osmotic gradient, local blockages in interstitial fluid pathways, or by obstruction of CSF flow (e.g., obstructive HYDROCEPHALUS). (From Childs Nerv Syst 1992 Sep; 8(6):301-6)

History note

  • 1965(1964)

In other languages

  • aivoedeema

    Finnish

  • aivopöhö
  • aivoturvotus
  • aivoödeema
  • aivoödema
  • hjärnödem
  • oedema cerebri
  • Hjärnödem

    Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001929

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