Cerebral infarction
Cerebral infarction is the pathologic process that results in an area of necrotic tissue in the brain (cerebral infarct). It is caused by disrupted blood supply (ischemia) and restricted oxygen supply (hypoxia), most commonly due to thromboembolism, and manifests clinically as ischemic stroke. In response to ischemia, the brain degenerates by the process of liquefactive necrosis.
| Cerebral infarct | |
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| CT scan slice of the brain showing a right-hemispheric cerebral infarct (left side of image). | |
| Specialty | Neurology |
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