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**Cavity - in older infarcts.
**Cavity - in older infarcts.
***''Multiple sclerosis'' does not cavitate.
***''Multiple sclerosis'' does not cavitate.
==Global ischemia==
===General===
*Often due to ''cardiac arrest''.
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Hippocampal ischemic changes:
**Loss of neurons in CA1, CA3 and CA4 +/- "cavitation".
***Neuronal loss: No blue (nuclei) where there should be some.
***Cavitation: bubbles/clear spaces where there should be none.
**CA2 neurons preserved.


==Multiple sclerosis==
==Multiple sclerosis==
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