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Cystic medial necrosis
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A disorder of large arteries, in particular the aorta, characterized by an accumulation of basophilic ground substance in the media with cyst-like lesions associated with degenerative changes of collagen, elastin and the vascular smooth muscle cells. [ ]
Term info
Label
Cystic medial necrosis
Synonyms
- Arterial cystic medial necrosis
comment
The lesions of cystic medial necrosis are not true cysts.
created by
peter
creation date
2013-02-23T10:17:16Z
has alternative id
HP:0200145
has obo namespace
human_phenotype
id
HP:0012180