Title: Vasogenic Cerebral Edema<br/>Author: WanTsu Wendy Chang<br/><a href='http://umem.org/profiles/faculty/1322/'>[Click to email author]</a><hr/><div style="font-family:gotham, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> <div> </div> <div> <strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Vasogenic Cerebral Edema</span></strong></div> <ul> <li> <span style="font-size:14px;">Vasogenic cerebral edema is most commonly seen with brain tumors and cerebral abscesses.</span></li> <li> <span style="font-size:14px;">It mainly involves the white matter.</span></li> <li> <span style="font-size:14px;">Gray-white differentiation is maintained, so the edema has a finger-like pattern on CT (see Figure).</span></li> <li> <span style="font-size:14px;">It is caused by disruption of the blood-brain-barrier, thus responds to treatment with steroids.</span></li> </ul> <en-clipboard></en-clipboard></div> <p> </p> <fieldset><legend>References</legend>
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