Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 103-115, May 2009

Neuropathology of cerebrovascular diseases

  • Lili-Naz Hazrati, MD, PhD, FRCPC

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Lili-Naz Hazrati, MD, PhD, FRCPC, University of Toronto, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth Street, E11, Toronto, ON, M5G 2C4, Canada
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  • Catherine Bergeron, MD, FRCPC
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  • Jagdish Butany, MBBS, MS, FRCPC

Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

Cerebrovascular disease (CVD) is one of the commonest causes of disability and mortality worldwide. It includes all disorders in which an area of the brain is transiently or permanently affected by ischemia or bleeding. In this review, we describe the neuropathological changes associated with the most common entities leading to brain ischemia and hemorrhage.

Keywords: Hemorrhagic infarction, Ischemic infarction, Amyloid angiopathy, CADASIL, Vascular malformation, Cerebral vasculitis

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PII: S0740-2570(09)00018-5

doi:10.1053/j.semdp.2009.08.002

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 103-115, May 2009

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