Malacia medical is a medical term that is used to describe abnormal softness of brain tissue although it is sometimes used microscopically to refer to areas of brain necrosis that have resulted in some degree of tissue cavitation, especially resulting from infarction.
Encephalomalacia is the softening or loss of brain tissue after cerebral infarction, cerebral ischemia, infection, craniocerebral trauma, or other injury.
In the imaging classification of traumatic brain injury, encephalomalacia is a type of chronic condition secondary to injury of the brain.
This condition is considered extremely serious and will require the immediate attention of a trained medical professional who specializes in the study of the brain—a neurologist.
If left untreated, complications of encephalomalacia may include functional disability, seizures, coma, and even death.
An individual suffering from encephalomalacia will experience a number of symptoms, all of which involve a loss of function.
These symptoms can include somnolence (extreme drowsiness), blindness, ataxia (wobbliness and lack of coordination), sleep walking, head pressing, circling, and, eventually, terminal coma.
Encephalomalacia, a serious form of brain damage, is a softening of brain tissue that is caused by an injury or inflammation.
The cerebral softening sometimes occurs in one part of the brain and then spreads to adjacent areas.