Infarction (definition)

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Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery

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Definition: NECROSIS occurring in the MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY distribution system which brings blood to the entire lateral aspects of each CEREBRAL HEMISPHERE. Clinical signs include impaired cognition; APHASIA; AGRAPHIA; weak and numbness in the face and arms, contralaterally or bilaterally depending on the infarction.

See Also Infarction

Other names Thrombosis, Middle Cerebral Artery; Right Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction; Occlusion, Middle Cerebral Artery; Middle Cerebral Artery Thrombotic Infarction; Middle Cerebral Artery Thrombosis; Middle Cerebral Artery Syndrome; Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke; Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion; Middle Cerebral Artery Embolic Infarction; Middle Cerebral Artery Circulation Infarction; MCA Infarction; Left Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction; Embolus, Middle Cerebral Artery; Thrombotic Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery; Stroke, Middle Cerebral Artery; Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction; Middle Cerebral Artery Embolus; Embolic Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery; Cerebral Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery

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