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==Fibromuscular dysplasia==
==Fibromuscular dysplasia==
*Abbreviated ''FMD''.
===General===
===General===
Etiology:
Etiology:
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Gender:
Gender:
*Women > men.
*Women > men.
*May be seen in virtually any artery.
*Reported as a cause of sudden death with involvement of the artery supplying the AV node.<ref name=pmid17179675>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Lee | first1 = S. | last2 = Chae | first2 = J. | last3 = Cho | first3 = Y. | title = Causes of sudden death related to sexual activity: results of a medicolegal postmortem study from 2001 to 2005. | journal = J Korean Med Sci | volume = 21 | issue = 6 | pages = 995-9 | month = Dec | year = 2006 | doi =  | PMID = 17179675 | URL = http://jkms.kams.or.kr/fulltext/html/jkms21995h.html }}</ref>


===Gross/radiologic===
===Gross/radiologic===
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*Luminal narrowing.
*Luminal narrowing.


Image:
Images:
*[http://www.brown.edu/Courses/Digital_Path/systemic_path/cardio/fibromuscular-dysplasia.html FMD (brown.edu)].
*[http://www.brown.edu/Courses/Digital_Path/systemic_path/cardio/fibromuscular-dysplasia.html FMD (brown.edu)].
 
*[http://jkms.kams.or.kr/fulltext/image/jkms21995f3.jpg FMD of AV nodal artery (kams.or.kr)].<ref name=pmid17179675/>
===Stains===
===Stains===
*[[Elastic trichrome]] or [[Movat stain]] - to demonstrate elastic fibre fragmentation.
*[[Elastic trichrome]] or [[Movat stain]] - to demonstrate elastic fibre fragmentation.

Revision as of 15:10, 18 December 2011

The article covers vascular disease, i.e. diseases of blood vessels. Vasculitides are covered in a separate article called vasculitides.

Normal blood vessels

Comparing arteries and veins:[1]

Feature Artery Vein
Internal elastic lamina prominent/thick, usu. complete thin & incomplete
External elastic lamina present, thick absent
Shape circular / lumen wide open collapsed
Wall thickness thick thin

Great vessels

When things go wrong here, you see a cardiac surgeon.

Atherosclerosis

General

Clinical risk factors:

  • Age.
  • Blood pressure - modifiable (antihypertensives).
  • Cholesterol - modifiable (statins, diet).
  • Diabetes mellitus - modifiable (hypoglycemic medications, diet, lifestyle).
  • Smoking - modifiable (cessation).
  • Family history.

Microscopic

Features:

  • Intimal hyperplasia.
  • Lipid deposition.
  • Foamy macrophages within intima & media.
  • Cholesterol clefts
  • Luminal narrowing.

Image:

Notes:

  • Considered "complex" if any of the following are present:[2]
    • Calcifications.
    • Thrombosis.
    • Haemorrhage.

Aortic dissection

General

Associations

Heritable:[3]

Others:

Classification

Two classification exist:

  • DeBakey.
  • Stanford.

Stanford dissection classification:[5]

  • Type A - aortic root to the left subclavian artery.
    • Considered a surgical emergency.
  • Type B - distal to (left) subclavian artery.
    • Generally, treated conservatively.

Microscopic

See: cystic medial degeneration.

Cystic medial degeneration

General

  • AKA cystic medial necrosis.[6]
    • Often not cystic and not necrotic.

Microscopic

Features:[7][8]

  • Basophilic ground substance in the media (seen on Movat's stain).
  • Disruption of the elastic lamina (seen on elastic trichrome stain).
  • +/-Focal necrosis.

Images:

Medial calcific sclerosis

  • AKA Moenckeberg medial calcific sclerosis, calcific medial sclerosis of Monckeberg, and Monckeberg's arteriosclerosis.

General

  • Usually of no clinical consequence.

Microscopic

Features:[9]

  • Medial calcification (purple irregular stuff -- calcium phosphate).

Note:

  • Lumen unaffected.

Images:

Hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis

General

Microscopic

Features:[9]

  • Onion-skin appearance of intima & media due to:
    • Intimal hyperplasia.
    • Smooth muscle hyperplasia.

Image: Hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis (utah.edu).

Fibromuscular dysplasia

  • Abbreviated FMD.

General

Etiology:

  • Unknown, possibly genetic.

Gender:

  • Women > men.
  • May be seen in virtually any artery.
  • Reported as a cause of sudden death with involvement of the artery supplying the AV node.[11]

Gross/radiologic

  • Segmental - thinning and thickening.[12]

Classical locations:[12]

Microscopic

Features:[12]

  • Smooth muscle hyperplasia - key feature.
  • Elastic fibre fragmentation.
  • Luminal narrowing.

Images:

Stains

See also

References

  1. URL: http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/corepages/vascular/vascular.htm. Accessed on: 13 January 2011.
  2. Klatt, Edward C. (2006). Robbins and Cotran Atlas of Pathology (1st ed.). Saunders. pp. 4. ISBN 978-1416002741.
  3. Gleason TG (2005). "Heritable disorders predisposing to aortic dissection". Semin. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 17 (3): 274-81. doi:10.1053/j.semtcvs.2005.06.001. PMID 16253833.
  4. Loeys BL, Schwarze U, Holm T, et al (August 2006). "Aneurysm syndromes caused by mutations in the TGF-beta receptor". N. Engl. J. Med. 355 (8): 788-98. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa055695. PMID 16928994. http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/355/8/788.
  5. Finkelmeier BA (September 1997). "Dissection of the aorta: a clinical update". J Vasc Nurs 15 (3): 88-93. PMID 9362838.
  6. URL: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/756835-overview. Accessed on: 12 August 2010.
  7. URL: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/756835-overview. Accessed on: 12 August 2010.
  8. Ha HI, Seo JB, Lee SH, et al. (2007). "Imaging of Marfan syndrome: multisystemic manifestations". Radiographics 27 (4): 989–1004. doi:10.1148/rg.274065171. PMID 17620463. http://radiographics.rsna.org/content/27/4/989.full.
  9. 9.0 9.1 Klatt, Edward C. (2006). Robbins and Cotran Atlas of Pathology (1st ed.). Saunders. pp. 7. ISBN 978-1416002741.
  10. URL: http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/IMMHTML/IMM028.html. Accessed on: 11 May 2011.
  11. 11.0 11.1 Lee, S.; Chae, J.; Cho, Y. (Dec 2006). "Causes of sudden death related to sexual activity: results of a medicolegal postmortem study from 2001 to 2005.". J Korean Med Sci 21 (6): 995-9. PMID 17179675.
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 Hata, D. (Sep 2001). "Fibromuscular dysplasia.". Intern Med 40 (9): 978-9. PMID 11579971.