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Aneurysm — For other uses, see Aneurysm (disambiguation). Aneurysm Classification and external resources Angiography of an aneurism in a cerebral artery ICD 10 I … Wikipedia
Aneurysm — A localized widening (dilatation) of an artery, vein, or the heart. At the area of an aneurysm, there is typically a bulge and the wall is weakened and may rupture. The word “aneurysm” comes from the Greek “aneurysma” meaning “a widening.” * * *… … Medical dictionary
Saccular aneurysm — An aneurysm that resembles a small sack. A berry aneurysm is typically saccular. An aneurysm is a localized widening (dilatation) of an artery, vein, or the heart. At the area of an aneurysm, there is typically a bulge and the wall is weakened… … Medical dictionary
aneurysm — n. an abnormal balloon like swelling in the wall of an artery. This may be due to degenerative disease or infection, which damages the muscular coats of the vessel, or it may be the result of congenital deficiency in the muscular wall. An aortic… … The new mediacal dictionary
saccular — adjective Date: circa 1859 resembling a sac < a saccular aneurysm > … New Collegiate Dictionary
Saccular — From the Latin “sacculus” meaning a small pouch. As for example the alveolar saccules (little air pouches) within the lungs . * * * SYN: sacciform. * * * sac·cu·lar sak yə lər adj resembling a sac <a saccular aneurysm> * * * sac·cu·lar… … Medical dictionary
ampullary aneurysm — saccular a … Medical dictionary
Cerebral aneurysm — Classification and external resources Diagram of cerebral aneurysm. ICD 10 I … Wikipedia
Charcot-Bouchard aneurysm — Charcot Bouchard aneurysms (also known as miliary aneurysms or microaneurysms) are aneurysms of the brain vasculature which occur in small blood vessels (less than 300 micrometre diameter). They should not be confused with saccular aneurysms (a.k … Wikipedia
Intracranial berry aneurysm — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 1358 ICD10 = ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D002532 An intracranial berry aneurysm, also known as a saccular aneurysm, is a sac like outpouching… … Wikipedia
