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Duret hemorrhage
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English
Alternative forms
en Duret haemorrhage Commonwealth English
Etymology
Named after French neurologist Henri Duret (1849–1921), its discoverer.
Noun
en 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).