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Descriptor English:   Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery 
Descriptor Spanish:   Infarto de la Arteria Cerebral Posterior 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Infarto da Artéria Cerebral Posterior 
Synonyms English:   Embolic Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery
Infarct, PCA
Infarction, PCA
Infarcts, PCA
PCA Infarct
PCA Infarction
PCA Infarcts
Posterior Cerebral Artery Embolic Infarction
Posterior Cerebral Artery Infarction
Posterior Cerebral Artery Stroke
Posterior Cerebral Artery Syndrome
Posterior Cerebral Artery Thrombotic Infarction
Stroke, Posterior Cerebral Artery
Thrombotic Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery  
Tree Number:   C10.228.140.300.150.477.200.475
C10.228.140.300.510.200.418
C10.228.140.300.775.200.200.475
C14.907.253.092.477.200.475
C14.907.253.560.200.418
C14.907.253.855.200.200.475
C23.550.513.355.250.200.475
C23.550.717.489.250.200.475
Definition English:   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). 
See Related English:   Infarction
 
History Note English:   2000 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy DT drug therapy
EC economics EM embryology
EN enzymology EP epidemiology
EH ethnology ET etiology
GE genetics HI history
IM immunology ME metabolism
MI microbiology MO mortality
NU nursing PS parasitology
PA pathology PP physiopathology
PC prevention & control PX psychology
RT radiotherapy RH rehabilitation
SU surgery TH therapy
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   34252 
Unique Identifier:   D020762 

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