Sendelbach K M, Gujrati M, Husain A N
Department of Pathology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois 60153.
Pediatr Pathol. 1992 Sep-Oct;12(5):701-6. doi: 10.3109/15513819209024223.
Multicystic encephalomalacia and hydranencephaly lie within a spectrum of brain lesions linked to ischemic cerebral damage. Causes include vascular malformation, thrombosis, embolism, infection, and toxins. We describe an infant with multicystic encephalomalacia associated with a peculiar web-like malformation of the right common carotid and left subclavian arteries. We postulate that this luminal bridging is a congenital malformation resulting from defective canalization of the medium-sized blood vessels but could represent organized and recanalized thrombi, the etiology of which remains unknown.
