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The differentiation of two basically different forms of brain edema, vasogenic and cytotoxic11 is now generally accepted. In vasogenic edema the main event is vascular damage, which results in an increased cerebrovascular permeability allowing escape of serum constituents into the surrounding extracellular space5. The driving force for the extravasation is the capillary transmural pressure gradient, which depends on the systemic arterial pressure11,13. Vasogenic cerebral edema has been considered to be the most frequent type of edema, since it accompanies all focal lesions of the brain, such as tumors, hematomas, injuries and infectious lesions, and some stages of cerebral ischemia .
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Ashton, D., van Reempts, J., Wauquier, A. (1984). Comparison Between Histology and Forebrain Water Content at Different Times after Cold Lesion. In: Go, K.G., Baethmann, A. (eds) Recent Progress in the Study and Therapy of Brain Edema. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4616-6_6
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