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Stroke, Vol 17, 1129-1137, Copyright © 1986 by American Heart Association

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Cell density in the border zone around old small human brain infarcts

M Nedergaard, S Vorstrup and J Astrup

Nine brain autopsy cases of small old cerebral infarcts were selected for neuropathological studies. Eight of the patients had cortical infarcts, in two cases with extension into the striate body. In one case the infarct involved the striate body only. The density of neurons and glial cells was measured in the coronal and the horizontal planes at various distances from the margin of the infarct. Corresponding counting points in the contralateral hemisphere served as control. On light microscopy, the infarcted cortex was irregularly shaped, but on serial sections the bulging parts appeared to be cut off from the infarcted tissue ("pseudo-infarct islands"). The zone of transition from infarcted to normal brain tissue was less than a few mm wide. In one patient, tomographic measurements of the cerebral blood flow (CBF) and a CT scan could be compared with the neuropathological findings. In this patient, CBF in the surroundings of the infarct was decreased despite a normal neuronal density. The study supports the traditional view held by pathologists that a sharp transition exists between infarcted and normal brain tissue and suggests that the hypoperfusion zone surrounding the region of complete infarction may be due to mechanisms other than selective loss of neurons.

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