MRI showing damage due to<unk> . This patient was left with residual disabilities including those involving movement and speech. Treatment involves removal of the etiologic mass and decompressive craniectomy.<unk>  can cause severe disability or death. In fact, when<unk>  is visible on a CT scan, the prognosis for a meaningful recovery of neurological function is poor. The patient may become paralyzed on the same side as the lesion causing the pressure, or damage to parts of the<unk>  caused by<unk>  may cause paralysis on the side opposite the lesion. Damage to the midbrain, which contains the reticular activating network which regulates consciousness, will result in coma. Damage to the cardio-respiratory centers in the medulla oblongata will cause respiratory arrest and (secondarily) cardiac arrest. Investigation is underway regarding the use of neuroprotective agents during the prolonged post-traumatic period of<unk>  hypersensitivity associated with the syndrome.
Brain herniation
Epidural hematoma
Subdural empyema
Cerebral contusion
Cerebrospinal fluid leak
Arachnoiditis
Intraparenchymal hemorrhage
Intracerebral hemorrhage