Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery (Cerebral Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery; Embolic Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery; Middle Cerebral Artery Embolus; Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction; Stroke, Middle Cerebral Artery; Thrombotic Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery)

necrosis occurring in the middle cerebral artery distribution system which brings blood to the entire lateral aspects of each CEREBRAL HEMISPHERE. Clinical signs include impaired cognition; aphasia; agraphia; weak and numbness in the face and arms, contralaterally or bilaterally depending on the infarction.


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