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Apical infection
An infection located at the tip of the root of a tooth.
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Silent myocardial infarction
Unrecognized myocardial infarction. The patient may experience difficulty breathing, heart-bum, nausea, arm pain, or other atypical symptoms.
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Malignant cerebral artery infarction
A massive stroke involving the middle cerebral artery, in which swelling of the brain leads either to herniation and death or to additional strokes in other arteries.
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Lacunar infarction
A small stroke deep within the brain (e.g., in the internal capsule, basal ganglia, thalamus, or pons) caused by damage to or a blockage of a tiny penetrating artery. Lacunar infarctions are associated with a kind of vascular damage caused by chronic high blood pressure called lipohyalinosis. They may be asymptomatic, showing up only on…
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Extension of infarction
An increase in the size of a myocardial infarction, occurring after the initial infarction and usually accompanied by a return of acute symptoms, such as angina unrelieved by appropriate medicines.
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Evolution of infarction
The normal healing process after myocardial infarction; seen on an electrocardiogram as progressive changes in the QRS complex and S-T segment.
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White infarct
Anemic infarct.
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Uric acid infarct
An infarct in the kidney caused by obstruction of the renal tubules by uric acid crystals.
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Red infarct
An infarct that is swollen and red as a result of hemorrhage.
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Infected infarct
Infarcted tissue that has been invaded by pathogenic organisms.
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