Cystic medial necrosis: pathological findings and clinical implications Necrose cística da média: manifestações patológicas com implicações clínicas
Cystic medial necrosis (CMN) is a disorder of large arteries, in particular the aorta, characterized by an accumulation of basophilic ground substance in the media with cyst-like lesions. CMN is known to occur in certain connective tissue diseases such as Marfan syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, and...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular
2011-03-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382011000100019 |