Upward transtentorial herniation

Abstract While subfalcine, transtentorial, and transmagnal herniation are most often thought of as downward phenomena, brain herniation can also occur in the upward direction with similarly disastrous clinical consequences.

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Main Authors: Nidal B. Omar, Winfield S. Fisher III
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-12-01
Series:Clinical Case Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3237
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spelling doaj-66ed507ecfca4d75a63d6b52f674ce072021-08-02T06:23:39ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042020-12-018123572357310.1002/ccr3.3237Upward transtentorial herniationNidal B. Omar0Winfield S. Fisher III1Department of Neurosurgery University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham ALDepartment of Neurosurgery University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham ALAbstract While subfalcine, transtentorial, and transmagnal herniation are most often thought of as downward phenomena, brain herniation can also occur in the upward direction with similarly disastrous clinical consequences.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3237brain injurybrainstemtranstentorial herniationupward herniation
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author Nidal B. Omar
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Upward transtentorial herniation
Clinical Case Reports
brain injury
brainstem
transtentorial herniation
upward herniation
author_facet Nidal B. Omar
Winfield S. Fisher III
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title Upward transtentorial herniation
title_short Upward transtentorial herniation
title_full Upward transtentorial herniation
title_fullStr Upward transtentorial herniation
title_full_unstemmed Upward transtentorial herniation
title_sort upward transtentorial herniation
publisher Wiley
series Clinical Case Reports
issn 2050-0904
publishDate 2020-12-01
description Abstract While subfalcine, transtentorial, and transmagnal herniation are most often thought of as downward phenomena, brain herniation can also occur in the upward direction with similarly disastrous clinical consequences.
topic brain injury
brainstem
transtentorial herniation
upward herniation
url https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3237
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