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Image: [http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/ATHHTML/ATH022.html Hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis (utah.edu)].
Image: [http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/ATHHTML/ATH022.html Hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis (utah.edu)].
==Fibromuscular dysplasia==
===General===
Etiology:
*Unknown, possibly genetic.
Gender:
*Women > men.
===Gross/radiologic===
*Segmental - thinning and thickening.<ref name=pmid11579971/>
Classical locations:<ref name=pmid11579971/>
*Renal artery - leading to [[hypertension]].
*Carotid artery.
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=pmid11579971>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Hata | first1 = D. | title = Fibromuscular dysplasia. | journal = Intern Med | volume = 40 | issue = 9 | pages = 978-9 | month = Sep | year = 2001 | doi =  | PMID = 11579971 | URL = http://www.journalarchive.jst.go.jp/jnlpdf.php?cdjournal=internalmedicine1992&cdvol=40&noissue=9&startpage=978&lang=en&from=jnlabstract }}</ref>
*Smooth muscle hyperplasia.
*Elastic fibre fragmentation.
===Stains===
*[[Elastic trichrome]] or [[Movat stain]] - to demonstrate elastic fibre fragmentation.


==See also==
==See also==
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