Open AccessUpward transtentorial herniation
Author(s) -
Omar Nidal B.,
Fisher Winfield S.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.3237
Subject(s) - medicine , brain herniation , disc herniation , surgery , lumbar
Abstract While subfalcine, transtentorial, and transmagnal herniation are most often thought of as downward phenomena, brain herniation can also occur in the upward direction with similarly disastrous clinical consequences.