Cerebral Edema

Cerebral Edema •This is the base of the brain with the frontal lobes to the left and the occipital lobes and cerebellum to the right. •There is swelling of the brainstem, wide uncal grooves, and a cerebellar pressure cone indicating severe cerebral edema with transtentorial and foramen magnum herniation which no doubt caused the patient's death. (Description By:Melinda Sanders, M.D. ) (Image Contrib. by:Melinda Sanders, M.D. UCHC )