intimal fibroplasia

intimal fibroplasia
a type of fibromuscular dysplasia that affects mainly children and young adult men, characterized by short localized areas of smooth stenosis of the tunica intima, either symmetrical or asymmetrical; sometimes it is secondary to trauma, surgery, or infection.

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