encephalomalacia

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encephalomalacia

[en¦sef·ə·lō·mə′lā·shə]

(medicine)

Infarction of the brain.

Any softening or fragmentation of the brain.

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Nervous system disorders

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4) In this case, histopathologic findings of cerebral encephalomalacia may have indicated an initial site of insult or trauma.

Hydrocephalus in a yellow-headed Amazon parrot (Amazona ochrocephala oratrix)

A CT from 3 months after the heat stroke revealed bilateral cerebellar encephalomalacia in line with published data on findings in heat stroke.

Symmetric bilateral caudate, hippocampal, cerebellar, and subcortical white matter MRI abnormalities in an adult patient with heat stroke

Subtle encephalomalacia as seen in our patient is often present at the site of the leak.

Spontaneous lateral sphenoid cerebrospinal fluid fistula: MRI diagnosis

When severe, hydrocephalus may be difficult to differentiate from hydranencephaly, which is an extreme form of cerebral encephalomalacia, probably the result of occlusion of both internal carotid arteries and infarction of all cerebral tissue (Figure 10).

Pediatric neuroradiology, part 1: Embryologic basis for brain malformation

Vitamin E is essential for preventing encephalomalacia and maintaining normal reproductive function of roosters and hens (Yoshida and Hoshii, 1976).

Beneficial effects of maternal vitamin E supplementation on the antioxidant system of the neonate chick brain

For example, if an imaging study obtained 72 hours after birth shows evidence of a long-standing neurologic abnormality such as ventriculomegaly, porencephaly, or multicystic encephalomalacia, an intrapartum event can be ruled out as the cause of the child's symptoms.

ACOG to target neonatal encephalopathy, CP link: Report builds on 1999 consensus statment. (Major Report in the Works)

Several neurologic conditions were considered in the differential diagnosis, including other viral encephalomyelitides (rabies, Aujesky disease, Borna disease, EHV-1 myeloencephalopathy, WEEV, and WNV encephalomyelitis), bacterial meningitis, listeriosis, leukoencephalomalacia, lead poisoning, equine protozoal myeloencephalitis, nigropallidal encephalomalacia, botulism, and verminous encephalitis.

Eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus infection in a horse from California. (Research)

Cystic encephalomalacia was present, mainly on the right.

Bilateral subdural effusion, cerebral atrophy and cystic encephalomalacia are most likely attributed to either hypoxic ischaemic incident at birth, vascular steal or chronic venous hypertension.

MRI imaging of vein of Galen malformations at Steve Biko Academic Hospital: a mini case series

In monochorionic twin pregnancies complicated by intrauterine fetal demise (IUFD), fetal MRI can be used to diagnose multicystic encephalomalacia, a devastating neurologic disorder that may occur in up to 20% of moncehorionic twins complicated by single IUFD.

Advances in prenatal diagnosis

Autopsies of laboratory-confirmed WN meningoencephalitis cases revealed perivascular hemorrhages, ectasis of ventriculi of the brain, foci of encephalomalacia, dislocation of the brain trunk (30% of cases), and hydropericarditis with flabbiness of the cardiac muscle.

Outbreak of West Nile Virus Infection, Volgograd Region, Russia, 1999

Neoplasms (usually of an indolent nature) were found in more than a quarter of patients, and evidence of `remote' encephalomalacia was identified in less than a fifth.