Teaching NeuroImages: Gravity reverses paradoxical herniation in the sinking brain syndrome

Neurology. 2011 Aug 16;77(7):e42. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182299e25.

Authors

Ashutosh Prabhakar Jadhav¹, Nagagopal Venna

Affiliation

¹ Massachusetts General Hospital and Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. ashu@post.harvard.edu

PMID: 21844521
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182299e25

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Brain Edema / complications*
Brain Edema / surgery
Decompressive Craniectomy
Encephalocele / etiology
Encephalocele / therapy*
Humans
Hydrocephalus / complications*
Male
Patient Positioning*