Trauma: Head injuries can cause the brain to swell and/or bleed. When the brain swells as a result of trauma, the fluid pushes up against the skull. The swelling may eventually cause the brain to push down on the brain stem, which can damage the reticular activating system (RAS)—a par...
Symptoms from the spread of leukemia cells If they spread to your skin, you may get lumps or spots that look like a rash. If they spread to your gums, your gums may swell, hurt, and bleed. If they spread to your brain or spinal cord, you may have headaches, weakness, seizures, vom...
The combined morbidity-mortality rate was 83% and was due to the large tumour size, adherence to vital centres, extreme vascularity during surgical removal, and propensity to bleed spontaneously. The appearance of abnormal vascularity in a pituitary adenoma suggests a poor prognosis. 展开 ...
The spleen becomes swollen in up to half of the people with mononucleosis. The spleen is always engorged with blood, and if it ruptures, it can cause a person with the virus to bleed to death. Blunt trauma to the abdomen, even mild trauma, may result in a splenic rupture if swollen....
Search terms included “prognosis” and one of the following: “coma”, explode “head injury”, explode “brain injury”, explode “intracranial bleed.” A second search was also performed using the term “coma” and one of the following: “EEG” or “evoked potentials.” The criteria for...