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36 yr old woman - mra came back clear. mri showed focal region of encephalomalacia w/in posterior aspect of right cerebellar hemisphere. meaning?
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Prior injury: Encephalomalacia indicates and area where there has been some thinning of the cerebellar cortex implying some sort of prior insult (stroke, injury, infection).
Answered 9/28/2016
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