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| ==Cystic medial degeneration== | | ==Cystic medial degeneration== |
| *[[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> | | *[[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> |
| ===General===
| | {{Main|Cystic medial degeneration}} |
| *Nonspecific finding - may be seen in a number of conditions.
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| Note about ''cystic medial necrosis'':
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| *Often ''not'' cystic and ''not'' necrotic.
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| ===Microscopic===
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| 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>
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| *Basophilic ground substance in the media (seen on Movat's [[stain]]).
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| *Disruption of the elastic lamina (seen on elastic trichrome stain).
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| *+/-Focal necrosis.
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| ====Images====
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| Image:Cystic_medial_degeneration_-_low_mag.jpg | Cystic medial degeneration - low mag. (WC/Nephron)
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| Image:Cystic_medial_degeneration_-_high_mag.jpg | Cystic medial degeneration - high mag. (WC/Nephron)
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| Image:Cystic_medial_degeneration_-_movat_-_low_mag.jpg | Cystic medial degeneration - movat - low mag. (WC/Nephron)
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| Image:Cystic_medial_degeneration_-_movat_-_intermed_mag.jpg | Cystic medial degeneration - movat - intermed. mag. (WC/Nephron)
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| </gallery>
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| www:
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| *[http://radiographics.rsna.org/content/27/4/989.full Marfan's syndrome (radiographics.rsna.org)].
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| ===Stains===
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| *Elastin stains (e.g. [[elastic trichrome stain]]) - disruption of the elastic lamina.
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| *[[Movat's stain]] - basophilic ground substance in the media.
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| ==Medial calcific sclerosis== | | ==Medial calcific sclerosis== |
| *[[AKA]] ''Moenckeberg medial calcific sclerosis'', ''calcific medial sclerosis of Monckeberg'', and ''Monckeberg's arteriosclerosis''.
| | [[AKA]] ''Moenckeberg medial calcific sclerosis'', ''calcific medial sclerosis of Monckeberg'', and ''Monckeberg's arteriosclerosis''. |
| ===General===
| | {{Main|Medial calcific sclerosis}} |
| *Usually of no clinical consequence.
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| ===Microscopic===
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| Features:<ref name=Ref_Klatt7>{{Ref Klatt|7}}</ref>
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| *Medial calcification (purple irregular stuff on [[H&E stain|H&E]] -- calcium phosphate).
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| Note:
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| *Lumen unaffected.
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| ====Images====
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| Image:Calcificatio_atherosclerotica.jpg | MCS. (WC)
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| </gallery>
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| www:
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| *[http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/COW/COW086.html Moenckeberg medial calcific sclerosis (med.utah.edu)].
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| ===Sign out===
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| <pre>
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| RIGHT LEG, BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION:
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| - MINIMAL-TO-MILD LARGE VESSEL ATHEROSCLEROSIS, SEE COMMENT.
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| - MEDIAL CALCIFIC SCLEROSIS.
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| - SKIN WITH DERMAL FIBROSIS.
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| COMMENT:
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| The sections may not be representative of disease in the distal vascular bed.
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| </pre>
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| ==Hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis== | | ==Hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis== |