Table 1.

Some causes of brain edema

Cytotoxic	Vasogenic	Hydrocephalic
Vascular	Brain tumor	Obstructive
Early hypoxia	Supratentorial	Tumor
Early ischemia	Infratentorial	Aqueduct stenosis
		Chiari malformation
		Dandy-Walker
Infection	Infection	Communicating
Cerebral malaria	Meningitis	Meningitis
Meningitis	Abscess	Meningitis
Subdural	Empyema	Subarachnoid hemorrhage
		Intraventricular hemorrhage
Metabolic
Hyponatremia	Traumatic
Hyperammonemia
Diabetic ketoacidosis	Vascular
Hyperbilirubinemia	Late hypoxia
Uremic	Late ischemia
Traumatic