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Oncotic pressure of subdural fluids. 1980

B Weir

The oncotic pressure of fluid from subdural hematomas and subdural hygromas was compared to that of simultaneously drawn venous blood in 20 patients. There was no significant difference in the oncotic pressure of fluid from subdural hematomas and venous blood; however, the oncotic pressure of fluid from subdural hygromas was significantly less than that of blood. This finding fails to support the Zollinger and Gross modification of Gardner's that chronic subdural hematomas grow and produce symptoms after a latent interval because they attract fluid from the blood via dural vessels.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008202 Lymphangioma A benign tumor resulting from a congenital malformation of the lymphatic system. Lymphangioendothelioma is a type of lymphangioma in which endothelial cells are the dominant component. Lymphangioendothelioma,Lymphangioma, Cavernous,Endothelioma, Lymphatic,Cavernous Lymphangioma,Cavernous Lymphangiomas,Endotheliomas, Lymphatic,Lymphangioendotheliomas,Lymphangiomas,Lymphangiomas, Cavernous,Lymphatic Endothelioma,Lymphatic Endotheliomas
D008581 Meningitis Inflammation of the coverings of the brain and/or spinal cord, which consist of the PIA MATER; ARACHNOID; and DURA MATER. Infections (viral, bacterial, and fungal) are the most common causes of this condition, but subarachnoid hemorrhage (HEMORRHAGES, SUBARACHNOID), chemical irritation (chemical MENINGITIS), granulomatous conditions, neoplastic conditions (CARCINOMATOUS MENINGITIS), and other inflammatory conditions may produce this syndrome. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1994, Ch24, p6) Pachymeningitis,Meningitides,Pachymeningitides
D009997 Osmotic Pressure The pressure required to prevent the passage of solvent through a semipermeable membrane that separates a pure solvent from a solution of the solvent and solute or that separates different concentrations of a solution. It is proportional to the osmolality of the solution. Osmotic Shock,Hypertonic Shock,Hypertonic Stress,Hypotonic Shock,Hypotonic Stress,Osmotic Stress,Hypertonic Shocks,Hypertonic Stresses,Hypotonic Shocks,Hypotonic Stresses,Osmotic Pressures,Osmotic Shocks,Osmotic Stresses,Pressure, Osmotic,Pressures, Osmotic,Shock, Hypertonic,Shock, Hypotonic,Shock, Osmotic,Shocks, Hypertonic,Shocks, Hypotonic,Shocks, Osmotic,Stress, Hypertonic,Stress, Hypotonic,Stress, Osmotic,Stresses, Hypertonic,Stresses, Hypotonic,Stresses, Osmotic
D006408 Hematoma, Subdural Accumulation of blood in the SUBDURAL SPACE between the DURA MATER and the arachnoidal layer of the MENINGES. This condition primarily occurs over the surface of a CEREBRAL HEMISPHERE, but may develop in the spinal canal (HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, SPINAL). Subdural hematoma can be classified as the acute or the chronic form, with immediate or delayed symptom onset, respectively. Symptoms may include loss of consciousness, severe HEADACHE, and deteriorating mental status. Hemorrhage, Subdural,Subdural Hematoma,Subdural Hematoma, Traumatic,Hematoma, Traumatic Subdural,Hematomas, Subdural,Hematomas, Traumatic Subdural,Hemorrhages, Subdural,Subdural Hematomas,Subdural Hematomas, Traumatic,Subdural Hemorrhage,Subdural Hemorrhages,Traumatic Subdural Hematoma,Traumatic Subdural Hematomas
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013353 Subdural Effusion Leakage and accumulation of CEREBROSPINAL FLUID in the subdural space which may be associated with an infectious process; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; and other conditions. Cerebrospinal Fluid Effusion, Subdural,Hygroma, Subdural,Subdural Cerebrospinal Fluid Effusion,Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage, Subdural,Subdural Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage,Effusion, Subdural,Subdural Hygroma

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