Abstract
Cerebral edema is defined as an increase in brain volume due to an increase in its water and sodium content. Based on neuropathological and experimental observations, brain edema has been divided into three major categories (Klatzo, 1967: Fishman, 1975, 1980, 1981: Fishman and Chan, 1980): 1) Vasogenic edema indicates increased permeability in capillary endothelial cells associated with an expanded extracellular volume. 2) Cellular (cytotoxic) edema indicates the increase in intracellular volume of brain cells associated with a decreased extracellular volume. 3) Interstitial or hydrocephalic edema indicates the increase in brain water that characterizes obstructive hydrocephalus.
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Chan, P.H., Fishman, R.A., Longar, S., Chen, S., Chew, S. (1983). The Role of Arachidonic Acid in Cellular Brain Edema. In: Sun, G.Y., Bazan, N., Wu, JY., Porcellati, G., Sun, A.Y. (eds) Neural Membranes. Experimental and Clinical Neuroscience. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5636-6_6
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