perimedial fibroplasia

perimedial fibroplasia
a rare type of fibromuscular dysplasia usually seen in women, characterized by stenotic fibrous tissue with dense collagen and a few aneurysms underlying an intact tunica media and tunica externa. Called also adventitial or subadventitial f.

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