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Cerebral Infarction

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Definition: The formation of an area of NECROSIS in the CEREBRUM caused by an insufficiency of arterial or venous blood flow. Infarcts of the cerebrum are generally classified by hemisphere (i.e., left vs. right), lobe (e.g., frontal lobe infarction), arterial distribution (e.g., INFARCTION, ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY), and etiology (e.g., embolic infarction).  DF: CEREBRAL INFARCT   
Examples Dementia, Multi-Infarct; Infarction, Anterior Cerebral Artery; Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery; Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery 		Other names Subcortical Infarction; Posterior Choroidal Artery Infarction; Infarction, Cerebral; Anterior Choroidal Artery Infarction; Subcortical Infarctions; Infarctions, Subcortical; Infarctions, Cerebral; Infarction, Subcortical; Cerebral Infarctions; Right Hemisphere, Infarction, Cerebral; Right Hemisphere, Cerebral Infarction; Left Hemisphere, Infarction, Cerebral; Left Hemisphere, Cerebral Infarction; Infarction, Right Hemisphere, Cerebral; Infarction, Left Hemisphere, Cerebral; Infarction, Cerebral, Right Hemisphere; Infarction, Cerebral, Left Hemisphere; Cerebral, Right Hemisphere, Infarction; Cerebral, Left Hemisphere, Infarction; Cerebral Infarction, Right Hemisphere
 
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Sebastian syndrome  0   *Cerebral Infarction *Thrombocytopenia.

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