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Ischemic Cerebral Edema

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Brain Ischemia

Abstract

Cerebral edema is defined as a relative increase in the water content of the brain, and this excess water may be in either the intracellular or the extracellular compartments, or both. There are two other causes of brain swelling, vascular congestion and hydrocephalus; these are not due to edema, but may be both associated and confused with it. The early literature distinguished between brain swelling or dry edema (Hirnschwelling), which corresponds to intracellular edema, and brain or wet edema (Hirondem), which corresponds to extracellular edema. The differentiation between these two forms depended on the appearance of the cut surface of the brain (Reichardt 1904/5).

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O’Brien, M.D. (1995). Ischemic Cerebral Edema. In: Caplan, L.R. (eds) Brain Ischemia. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2073-5_6

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