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Arterial Diseases in Infancy

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The residual cavities of infarcts from occlusive arterial disease in infancy or childhood differ from those of porencephaly, hydranencephaly or multicystic encephalopathy described in Chap. 3. Porencephalies and hydranencephalies develop during fetal life, often bilateral and in middle cerebral artery distribution. They cause smooth-walled, full thickness defects, often with developmental anomalies in the adjacent cortex. Cerebral infarcts during the peri- or postnatal periods are more similar to those in the adult brain. Their size and distribution is variable. Small infarcts have random distribution, larger ones are usually unilateral, corresponding to major cerebral arteries. They cause circumscribed defects with shaggy walls (Fig. 10.1). Occlusive vascular disease is usually identified upon thorough search.

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Friede, R.L. (1989). Arterial Diseases in Infancy. In: Developmental Neuropathology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73697-1_10

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