Caudate nucleus Infarct
Caudate nucleus Infarct

The specimen consists of a coronal section of the brain through the caudate nucleus and putamen and frontal lobes.
There is an indentation in the caudate nucleus on the right representing an old infarct due to atherosclerosis of small striate arteries.
(Description By:Melinda Sanders, M.D. )
(Image Contrib. by:Melinda Sanders, M.D. UCHC )