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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== | ||