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The coning patient

moliver trauma-list@trauma.org
Fri, 10 Jan 2003 10:31:11 +1030 

Chris

The herniation is through the tentorium and the midbrain compression is
caused by the pressure of the brain as it herniates through.

Matt Oliver
Broken Hill
Australia



"Coning" is herniation of the brain stem through the Foramen Magnum