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| ===Stains=== | | ===Stains=== |
| *[[Elastic trichrome stain]] or [[Movat stain]] - highlights duplication of internal elastic lamina, allows on to identify with ease intimal thickening. | | *[[Elastic trichrome stain]] or [[Movat stain]] - highlights duplication of internal elastic lamina, allows on to identify with ease intimal thickening. |
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| ==Aortitis==
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| ===General===
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| *Uncommon.
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| ===Gross===
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| Features:
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| *Tree barking appearance.
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| Notes:
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| *Several blocks should be submitted.
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| Image:
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| *[http://www.ijpmonline.org/viewimage.asp?img=IndianJPatholMicrobiol_2010_53_4_624_72002_f4.jpg Tree barking (ijpmonline.org)].<ref name=pmid21045381>{{Cite journal | last1 = Vaideeswar | first1 = P. | title = Syphilitic aortitis: rearing of the ugly head. | journal = Indian J Pathol Microbiol | volume = 53 | issue = 4 | pages = 624-7 | month = | year = | doi = 10.4103/0377-4929.72002 | PMID = 21045381 }}</ref>
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| ===Microscopic===
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| Features:
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| *Inflammatory cells.
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| Grouping:
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| *Granulomatous.
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| *Lymphoplasmacytic pattern.
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| *Mixed inflammatory.
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| *Suppurative.
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| ==Aortic dissection== | | ==Aortic dissection== |