Summary
Cerebral ischemic lesions may present two different types from the pathologic point of view. The classic cerebral infarct produced by a vascular occlusive lesion with formation of a zone of softening or encephalomalacia and the so-called Incomplete infarct caused by hypoxic damage of the brain without vascular occlusion, and their course, commonly may be stabilized and evolve clinically and angiographically as a neoplastic tumour. The present paper attempts to establish a pathologic and angiographic correlation of this way of cerebral ischemic lesion known as Incomplete infarct.
Résumé
Du point de vue pathologique, on peut distinguer deux groupes de lésions ischémiques cérébrales.-1. L'infarctus cérébral classique produit par une lésion vasculaire occlusive avec formation d'une zone de ramollissement ou encéphalo-malacie.-2. L'infarctus incomplet causé par une lésion hypoxique du cerveau sans occlusion vasculaire qui peut se stabiliser ou évoluer cliniquement ou angiographiquement comme une tumeur néoplasique. Ce travail tente d'établir une corrélation pathologique angiographique de cette lésion ischémique cérébrale appelée infarctus incomplet.
Zusammenfassung
Vom pathologisch-anatomischen Gesichtspunkt gibt es zwei verschiedene. Typen einer cerebralen ischämischen Lesion. Beim klassischen Infarkt handelt es sich um einen Gefäßverschluß mit den Folgen einer Encephalomalazie. Der sog. inkomplette Infarkt wird durch eine Hypoxämie hervorgerufen. Ein Gefäßverschluß besteht hier nicht.
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Solé-Llenas, J., Pons-Tortella, E. Correlation between pathologic and angiographic findings in so-called “Incomplete cerebral infarct”. Neuroradiology 4, 108–113 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00344438
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