posterior cerebral artery infarction
MONDO:0006917Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names posterior cerebral artery infarction yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
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).
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0006917), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.