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==Cystic medial degeneration== | |||
===General=== | |||
*[[AKA]] ''cystic medial necrosis''.<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/756835-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/756835-overview]. Accessed on: 12 August 2010.</ref> | |||
**Often ''not'' cystic and ''not'' necrotic. | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features:<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/756835-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/756835-overview]. Accessed on: 12 August 2010.</ref><ref name=pmid17620463>{{cite journal |author=Ha HI, Seo JB, Lee SH, ''et al.'' |title=Imaging of Marfan syndrome: multisystemic manifestations |journal=Radiographics |volume=27 |issue=4 |pages=989–1004 |year=2007 |pmid=17620463 |doi=10.1148/rg.274065171 |url=http://radiographics.rsna.org/content/27/4/989.full}}</ref> | |||
*Basophilic ground substance in the media (see on Movat's stain). | |||
*Disruption of the elastic lamina (seen on elastic trichrome stain). | |||
*+/-Focal necrosis. | |||
Images: [http://radiographics.rsna.org/content/27/4/989.full Marfan's syndrome (radiographics.rsna.org)]. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== |
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