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'''Medial calcific sclerosis''' is a type of arteriosclerosis that has no significant clinical impact. | '''Medial calcific sclerosis''' is a type of arteriosclerosis that has no significant clinical impact. | ||
It is also known as '''Moenckeberg medial calcific sclerosis''', '''calcific medial sclerosis of Monckeberg''', and '''Monckeberg's arteriosclerosis'''. | It is also known as '''Moenckeberg medial calcific sclerosis''', '''calcific medial sclerosis of Monckeberg''', and '''Mönckeberg's arteriosclerosis''' (also written '''Monckeberg's arteriosclerosis'''). | ||
==General== | ==General== | ||
Revision as of 03:42, 7 March 2016
Medial calcific sclerosis is a type of arteriosclerosis that has no significant clinical impact.
It is also known as Moenckeberg medial calcific sclerosis, calcific medial sclerosis of Monckeberg, and Mönckeberg's arteriosclerosis (also written Monckeberg's arteriosclerosis).
General
- Usually of no clinical consequence.
Microscopic
Features:[1]
- Medial calcification (purple irregular stuff on H&E -- calcium phosphate).
Note:
- Lumen unaffected.
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RIGHT LEG, BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION: - MINIMAL-TO-MILD LARGE VESSEL ATHEROSCLEROSIS, SEE COMMENT. - MEDIAL CALCIFIC SCLEROSIS. - SKIN WITH DERMAL FIBROSIS. COMMENT: The sections may not be representative of disease in the distal vascular bed.
See also
References
- ↑ Klatt, Edward C. (2006). Robbins and Cotran Atlas of Pathology (1st ed.). Saunders. pp. 7. ISBN 978-1416002741.