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==Cholesterol embolism== | ==Cholesterol embolism== | ||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Strong association with atherosclerosis - found in ~3% of individuals in an [[autopsy]] series of 267 older individuals (mean age ~65 years).<ref name=pmid19970827>{{cite journal | author=Flory CM | title=Arterial occlusions produced by emboli from eroded aortic atheromatous plaques | journal=Am J Pathol | year= 1945 | volume=21 | pages=549–565 | pmid=19970827 | issue=3 | pmc=1934118}} {{PMC|1934118}}</ref> | *Strong association with [[atherosclerosis]] - found in ~3% of individuals in an [[autopsy]] series of 267 older individuals (mean age ~65 years).<ref name=pmid19970827>{{cite journal | author=Flory CM | title=Arterial occlusions produced by emboli from eroded aortic atheromatous plaques | journal=Am J Pathol | year= 1945 | volume=21 | pages=549–565 | pmid=19970827 | issue=3 | pmc=1934118}} {{PMC|1934118}}</ref> | ||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
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*May be associated with ischemic changes and necrosis. | *May be associated with ischemic changes and [[necrosis]]. | ||
*Usually in the context of severe atherosclerosis. | *Usually in the context of severe atherosclerosis. | ||