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Protrusion of a brain

Protrusion of a brain (protrusio cerebri; synonym: a brain protrusion, a brain prolapse, loss of a brain) – brain substance protrusion through defect of bones of a skull and a meninx.

Allocate protrusion of a brain:

  • Secondary (cerebri secundaria; synonym: loss of a brain is later) – caused by pyoinflammatory complications after the getting craniocereberal wound (brain abscesses, limited or diffusion encephalitis);
  • Primary (cerebri primaria; synonym: loss of a brain early) – arising at the getting craniocereberal wound and caused by acute posttraumatic hydrocephaly, intracraneal hemorrhage or traumatic wet brain.
 
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