CB Infarction/stoke

[choigmu]

Hello, my name is Bill.

Would anyone please tell me what "Cb infarction, extended ( Diffuse cortical injury: Rt. hemisphere lesion, may be)" is?

I am in a situation where I have to prove my grand mother was not able to fulfill a lawful action such as transferring her house to someone.

To make a long story short, about 15 years ago, my mother's cousin in my home country stole my grand mother house.
Somehow I found it out 2 years ago and I took it to the court. All I have right now after 15 yrs is her medical records. After reviewing the records, I was able to gather some facts about my grand mother's health conditions. She had Femur fx. After operation, CB infarction developed and she seemed to have many other problems like hypertension, DM,  artherosclerotic aorta,  concentric LVH, Mildly Depressed LV systolic function [EF : 40 %] etc.

On the medical records, it says that she was "discharged against advice" and it was marked as "Not Improved"
It also states that she was in Critical condition" the last day when she was discharged.

Someone who has medical knowledge told me I can prove my grand mother's inability to do such a lawful action with
"Diffuse cortical injury" that is stated on the medical records. I need some more specific explanation about it?

Please Help!!!

[LivingInHope]

I'm not a doctor, but you might be given further info if you try your post on the professional  medhelp forum.  I know they charge a fee, but it's a lot less than if you visited a neurologist in person.  Or maybe you would want to invest in having your lawyer procure a neuro-brain surgeon's opinion in a typed up report on the info you have?  When I was in a car accident, the lawyer I hired had me go to a neurologist and pay him to get a report on my injuries.

[choigmu]

You really help me a lot. Thank you.
Could you say or interpret the overall parts of the cerebral cortex is injured? or Is it that the cerebral cortex on right hemisphere of the brain is injured?  I am still confused
Are cerebral cortex and right hemisphere of the brain two different things or the same thing?  These are something I still don't understand.

[LivingInHope]

Infarction is the process of tissue death.  A cortical area is part of the cerebral cortex, which is a neural tissue sheet outermost to the cerebrum of the brain.  The cerebral cortex plays a vital role in perceptual awareness, language, memory, attention, thought, etc..  See PM for some info I found about the right hemisphere.

[choigmu]

Thank you for your comments.
I already took this case to court, and my mother's cousin is insisting that she was given the house as a gift by my grand mother. All documents needed to change the tile of house to my mother's cousin does not exist after 15 years. Thus, I have to prove she was mentally incompetent in her decision making. I would like to know what "CB infarction, extended(Diffuse cortical injury)" mean. I think it is related to the brain. Thanks

[LivingInHope]

I'm not a doctor (to tell you how that kind of stroke affects judgement and competency) nor a lawyer, but I think you might point out to the lawyer you hire, if you indeed are going to pursue justice in this matter, that you think your grandma was mentally incompetent in her decision making, having left the hospital against medical advice when she was in critical condition.