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Raised intracranial pressure, showing the intracranial compartments and the result of a mass lesion on the right hand side. In addition to a shift of the midline structures and distortion of the ventricular system, there is (A) a supracallosal (subfalcine) hernia; (B) a tentorial hernia; (C) a tonsillar hernia.