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Erdheim disease (cystic medial necrosis) — Erd·heim disease (cystic medial necrosis) (erdґhīm) [Jakob Erdheim, Austrian physician, 1874–1937] cystic medial necrosis … Medical dictionary
Erdheim cystic medial necrosis — changes in the medial layer of the aorta, consisting of degeneration and necrosis of elastic and muscle fibers, mucoid infiltration, and cyst formation, often resulting in dissecting aneurysm; called also medionecrosis of aorta … Medical dictionary
necrosis — Pathologic death of one or more cells, or of a portion of tissue or organ, resulting from irreversible damage; earliest irreversible changes are mitochondrial, consisting of swelling and granular calcium deposits seen by … Medical dictionary
Erdheim disease — cystic medial necrosis … Medical dictionary
medionecrosis of aorta — cystic medial necrosis … Medical dictionary
medionecrosis — Necrosis of a tunica media. m. of the aorta SYN: cystic medial necrosis. m. aortae idiopathica cystica SYN: cystic medial necrosis. * * * me·dio·ne·cro·sis ni krō səs n … Medical dictionary
CMN-AA — cystic medial necrosis of ascending aorta … Medical dictionary
CMN-AA — • cystic medial necrosis of ascending aorta … Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations
Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… … Medical dictionary
Familial thoracic aortic aneurysm — Classification and external resources Micrograph showing cystic medial degeneration, the histologic correlate of familial thoracic aortic aneurysms. The image shows abundant basophilic ground … Wikipedia
