Chapter 6 - Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99)»Episodic and paroxysmal disorders (G40-G47)»Posterior cerebral artery syndrome (G46.2)
G46.2
Posterior cerebral artery syndrome
Related indications (MeSH) (1)
Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery2 drugs (2 experimental)
NECROSIS induced by ISCHEMIA in the POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY distribution system which supplies portions of the BRAIN STEM; the THALAMUS; TEMPORAL LOBE, and OCCIPITAL LOBE. Depending on the size and location of infarction, clinical features include OLFACTION DISORDERS and visual problems (AGNOSIA; ALEXIA; HEMIANOPSIA).