Brain Edema

BRAIN edema traditionally has been viewed by pathologists and clinicians as a common and often nonspecific finding in a wide variety of cerebral disorders, in association with tumors, trauma, and infections, as well as with toxic, anoxic, and metabolic disorders. In the last decade, clinical investigations and detailed laboratory studies of brain edema, using neurochemical, physiologic, and ultrastructural technics, have clarified many pathological and clinical uncertainties.1 2 3 It is now clear that cerebral edema may occur in several different forms, and that it is inappropriate to view brain edema as a single pathologic or clinical entity. This review summarizes the studies . . .