Show pageBacklinksExport to PDFBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== Encephalomalacia ====== Encephalomalacia is term given to describe softening or loss of brain parenchyma with or without surrounding gliosis, as a late manifestation of injury. {{::encephalomalacia_ct.jpg?300|}} Residual [[encephalomalacia]] area in the frontal and right temporal region ===== Clinical presentation ===== asymptomatic serve as a focus of seizure Pathology Encephalomalacia is the end result of liquefactive necrosis of brain parenchyma following insult, usually occurring after cerebral ischaemia, cerebral infection, haemorrhage, traumatic brain injury, infection, surgery or other insults. It is not synonymous with gliosis, which is the proliferation of glial cells in response to injury. Subtypes multicystic encephalomalacia Radiographic features CT region of hypo attenuation volume loss can occur anywhere however has characteristic locations are anteroinferior frontal and temporal lobes often associated with gliosis and Wallerian degeneration encephalomalacia.txt Last modified: 2025/05/13 02:25by 127.0.0.1