cystic medial necrosis

cystic medial necrosis
changes in the medial layer of the aorta, consisting of degeneration and necrosis of elastic and muscle fibers, mucoid infiltration, and cyst formation, often resulting in dissecting aneurysm; called also Erdheim disease and medionecrosis of aorta.

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  • Erdheim disease (cystic medial necrosis) — Erd·heim disease (cystic medial necrosis) (erdґhīm) [Jakob Erdheim, Austrian physician, 1874–1937] cystic medial necrosis …   Medical dictionary

  • Erdheim cystic medial necrosis — changes in the medial layer of the aorta, consisting of degeneration and necrosis of elastic and muscle fibers, mucoid infiltration, and cyst formation, often resulting in dissecting aneurysm; called also medionecrosis of aorta …   Medical dictionary

  • necrosis — Pathologic death of one or more cells, or of a portion of tissue or organ, resulting from irreversible damage; earliest irreversible changes are mitochondrial, consisting of swelling and granular calcium deposits seen by …   Medical dictionary

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  • medionecrosis of aorta — cystic medial necrosis …   Medical dictionary

  • medionecrosis — Necrosis of a tunica media. m. of the aorta SYN: cystic medial necrosis. m. aortae idiopathica cystica SYN: cystic medial necrosis. * * * me·dio·ne·cro·sis ni krō səs n …   Medical dictionary

  • CMN-AA — cystic medial necrosis of ascending aorta …   Medical dictionary

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  • Familial thoracic aortic aneurysm — Classification and external resources Micrograph showing cystic medial degeneration, the histologic correlate of familial thoracic aortic aneurysms. The image shows abundant basophilic ground …   Wikipedia

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