Edema and swelling of the brain: a non-systematic review

Annotation. Edema and swelling of the brain are two stages development complex interrelated processes in substance. This pathological process occurs due to various etiological factors: injury, stroke, tumors abscesses, meningitis encephalitis, hypoxia, general toxicosis, infectious processes, body burns, occlusive hydrocephalus, malignant hypertension, osmotic imbalance. That is why purpose this review was systematization current modern scientific sources literature related topic cerebral edema. The analysis articles materials scientometric databases UpToDate, MEDLINE (PubMed), ScienceDirect, Web Science, Google Scholar devoted coverage problem performed. article deals with issues etiology, classification, pathogenesis edema-swelling brain. types considered detail, including a description its rare subtypes. Macro- microscopic changes, which typical for edema brain, described separately. peculiarities therapeutic tactics treatment edema-swelling, considering pathomorphological aspects, specified.