Duret hemorrhage
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]- Duret haemorrhage (Commonwealth English)
Etymology
[edit]Named after French neurologist Henri Duret (1849–1921), its discoverer.
Noun
[edit]Duret hemorrhage (plural Duret hemorrhages)
- (medicine) A small hemorrhage in the brainstem, typically in the midbrain and upper pons, as a result of the traumatic downward displacement of the brainstem (i.e. descending transtentorial herniation).