SECONDARY BRAIN INJURY Brain swelling May be caused by an increase in the brain water content, as occurs in cerebral edema, or incd. blood due to cerebral hyperemia or dev. of an intracerebral mass lesion.
Brain herniation The skull is divided into various compartments by the infolding of the dura to form the cerebral falx and cerebral tentorium. A mass lesion such as intracerebral / extradural hematoma creates a pressure gradient across the compartments and leads to herniation of brain. www.indiandentalacademy.com