Brain edema after an experimental missile wound.
We have developed an experimental model to study cerebral pathophysiology associated with a missile wound to the brain. After wounding, vasogenic edema occurs about the missile wound track in the injured cerebral hemisphere. This edema is relatively mild, does not appear life-threatening, peaks at 48 hr after wounding, and spontaneously resolved in 1 week.
Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans 70112.
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D000818:Animals; D001834:Body Water / Q000032:analysis; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002415:Cats; D003289:Convalescence; D009929:Organ Size; D013997:Time Factors; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications*