Medial calcific sclerosis: Difference between revisions
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==General== | ==General== | ||
*Usually of no clinical consequence. | *Usually of no clinical consequence. | ||
*May impact vascular assessments using ultrasound.<ref>{{cite journal |authors=Suludere MA, Danesh SK, Killeen AL, Crisologo PA, Malone M, Siah MC, Lavery LA |title=Mönckeberg's Medial Calcific Sclerosis Makes Traditional Arterial Doppler's Unreliable in High-Risk Patients with Diabetes |journal=Int J Low Extrem Wounds |volume= |issue= |pages=15347346231191588 |date=July 2023 |pmid=37525549 |doi=10.1177/15347346231191588 |url=}}</ref> | |||
==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||
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Note: | Note: | ||
*Lumen unaffected. | *Lumen unaffected. | ||
*It has been suggested that it usually involves the ''internal elastic lamina''.<ref>{{cite journal |authors=Micheletti RG, Fishbein GA, Currier JS, Fishbein MC |title=Mönckeberg sclerosis revisited: a clarification of the histologic definition of Mönckeberg sclerosis |journal=Arch Pathol Lab Med |volume=132 |issue=1 |pages=43–7 |date=January 2008 |pmid=18181672 |doi=10.5858/2008-132-43-MSRACO |url=}}</ref> | |||
DDx: | DDx:<ref>{{cite journal |authors=Dos Santos VP, Pozzan G, Castelli V, Caffaro RA |title=Arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, arteriolosclerosis, and Monckeberg medial calcific sclerosis: what is the difference? |journal=J Vasc Bras |volume=20 |issue= |pages=e20200211 |date=2021 |pmid=34290756 |pmc=8276643 |doi=10.1590/1677-5449.200211 |url=}}</ref> | ||
*[[Atherosclerosis]] (severe) - intimal hyperplasia with stenosis, calcifications typically in tunica intima. | *[[Atherosclerosis]] (severe) - intimal hyperplasia with stenosis, calcifications typically in tunica intima. | ||
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The sections may not be representative of disease in the distal vascular bed. | The sections may not be representative of disease in the distal vascular bed. | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||