Infarction
Tissue death (necrosis) caused by a local lack of oxygen, due to an obstruction of the tissue's blood supply.Myocardial infarction
The resulting lesion is referred to as an infarct (from the Latin infarctus, “stuffed into”).
see Necrosis from infarction
If an old infarct communicates with a ventricle it is called a porencephalic cyst.
Brainstem infarction
Cerebral infarction
see Cerebral infarction.