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focal lesion

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focal lesion
Etymology: L, focus hearth + laesio, hurting
an infection, tumor, or injury that develops at a restricted or circumscribed area of tissue.


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1-4) While hypertrophic olivary degeneration can occur with any focal lesion that involves the dentato-rubro-olivary pathway, it is typically associated with lesions that involve the superior cerebellar peduncle (dentatorubral tract), the dentate nucleus, or the central tegmental tract.
16) HADP images show the distinctive enhancement features of focal lesions is most abdominal organs, and are especially useful for focal liver and pancreatic lesions.
A feature common to all of these techniques is that they are limited to the repair of focal lesions.
 
 
 
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