Preferred Label : encephalomalacia;
MeSH definition : Softening or loss of brain tissue following CEREBRAL INFARCTION; cerebral ischemia
(see BRAIN ISCHEMIA), infection, CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA, or other injury. The term
is often used during gross pathologic inspection to describe blurred cortical margins
and decreased consistency of brain tissue following infarction. Multicystic encephalomalacia
refers to the formation of multiple cystic cavities of various sizes in the cerebral
cortex of neonates and infants following injury, most notably perinatal hypoxia-ischemic
events. (From Davis et al., Textbook of Neuropathology, 2nd ed, p665; J Neuropathol
Exp Neurol, 1995 Mar;54(2):268-75);
MeSH synonym : cerebromalacia; cerebromalacias; encephalomalacias;
Wikipedia automatic translation : Cerebral softening;
MeSH hyponym : multicystic encephalomalacia; Encephalomalacias, Multicystic; Multicystic Encephalomalacias; Encephalomalacia, Multicystic;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral softening;
Origin ID : D004678;
UMLS CUI : C0014068;
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Softening or loss of brain tissue following CEREBRAL INFARCTION; cerebral ischemia
(see BRAIN ISCHEMIA), infection, CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA, or other injury. The term
is often used during gross pathologic inspection to describe blurred cortical margins
and decreased consistency of brain tissue following infarction. Multicystic encephalomalacia
refers to the formation of multiple cystic cavities of various sizes in the cerebral
cortex of neonates and infants following injury, most notably perinatal hypoxia-ischemic
events. (From Davis et al., Textbook of Neuropathology, 2nd ed, p665; J Neuropathol
Exp Neurol, 1995 Mar;54(2):268-75)
