Diseases

Posterior Cerebral Artery Infarction

NECROSIS induced by ISCHEMIA in the POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY distribution system which supplies portions of the BRAIN STEM; the THALAMUS; TEMPORAL LOBE, and OCCIPITAL LOBE. Depending on the size and location of infarction, clinical features include OLFACTION DISORDERS and visual problems (AGNOSIA; ALEXIA; HEMIANOPSIA).

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NECROSIS induced by ISCHEMIA in the POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY distribution system which supplies portions of the BRAIN STEM; the THALAMUS; TEMPORAL LOBE, and OCCIPITAL LOBE. Depending on the size and location of infarction, clinical features include OLFACTION DISORDERS and visual problems (AGNOSIA; ALEXIA; HEMIANOPSIA).

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  • Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery
  • PCA Infarct
  • PCA Infarction
  • Posterior Cerebral Artery Stroke
  • Stroke, Posterior Cerebral Artery
  • Infarct, PCA
  • Infarction, PCA
  • Infarcts, PCA
  • PCA Infarcts
  • Embolic Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery
  • Posterior Cerebral Artery Embolic Infarction
  • Posterior Cerebral Artery Syndrome
  • Posterior Cerebral Artery Thrombotic Infarction
  • Thrombotic Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2000

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  • Cerebral Arterial Diseases (1966-1999)

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Posterior Cerebral Artery Infarction. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020762. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020762
  2. Posterior Cerebral Artery Infarction. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posterior_cerebral_artery_syndrome
  3. Posterior Cerebral Artery Infarction. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7234177