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Aetiology

Authoring team

Cerebral herniation may be secondary to any of the following situations:

  • cerebral oedema
  • space occupying lesion:
    • blood
    • tumour
    • abscess
  • non-communicating hydrocephalus
  • injudicious lumbar puncture in raised intracranial pressure

Reference

  1. Stevens RD, Shoykhet M, Cadena R. Emergency Neurological Life Support: Intracranial Hypertension and Herniation. Neurocrit Care. 2015 Dec;23 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S76-82.

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