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Anatomy for Emergency Medicine 009: Brain Herniation

March 13, 2012 by · 6 Comments

This is a quick run through of the 3 main brain herniation syndromes. Enjoy

Here’s a lovely case from radiopaedia.org, of SDH with subfalcine and uncal herniation and even an infarct in the anterior cerebral territory.

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  1. Jim says:
    March 15, 2012 at 10:40 pm

    Keep up the good work Andy!

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  2. Gerard Fennessy (@doctorgerard) says:
    October 17, 2012 at 8:44 am

    Andy,
    That was simple, succinct and very informative!
    Cheers

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  3. christine says:
    March 14, 2013 at 2:46 am

    Awesome review! Thank you! :)

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