Quantification of primary and secondary lesions in severe head injury

D I Graham; J H Adams; D Doyle; I Ford; T A Gennarelli; A E Lawrence; W L Maxwell; D R McLellan

doi:10.1007/978-3-7091-9266-5_6

Quantification of primary and secondary lesions in severe head injury

Acta Neurochir Suppl (Wien). 1993:57:41-8. doi: 10.1007/978-3-7091-9266-5_6.

Authors

D I Graham¹, J H Adams, D Doyle, I Ford, T A Gennarelli, A E Lawrence, W L Maxwell, D R McLellan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neuropathology, University of Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.

PMID: 8421953
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-9266-5_6

Abstract

The current trend is to classify brain damage due to non-missile head injury as focal or diffuse. Quantitative findings will be discussed and reference will be made to both human and experimental non-human primate.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Animals
Axons / pathology
Blood-Brain Barrier / physiology
Brain / pathology
Brain Concussion / pathology
Brain Damage, Chronic / pathology*
Brain Ischemia / pathology
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Haplorhini
Head Injuries, Closed / pathology*
Humans
Infant
Intracranial Pressure / physiology
Male
Middle Aged