"Mönckeberg medial calcific sclerosis: muscular arteries"
"Doppler ultrasound"
"brain: TIA, stroke, intracranial atherosclerotic disease"
"Plaques form most commonly in large elastic arteries (e.g. aorta, carotids, iliacs), and large and medium-sized muscular arteries (e.g. coronary, renal, lower limb, mesenteric and cerebral vessels). They are most prominent at branching points and ostia of major branches."
Expected headings
"Atherosclerosis"
"Epidemiology"
"Risk factors"
"Clinical presentation"
"Pathology"
"Radiographic features"
"Management and prognosis"
"Mönckeberg medial calcific sclerosis"
"Arteriolosclerosis"
"Hyaline arteriolosclerosis"
"Hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis"
"There are three patterns of arteriosclerosis:"
"There are two types:"
"Plaques form most commonly in large elastic arteries (e.g. aorta, carotids, iliacs), and large and medium-sized muscular arteries (e.g. coronary, renal, lower limb, mesenteric and cerebral vessels). They are most prominent at branching points and ostia of major branches."
"Mönckeberg medial calcific sclerosis is characterised by calcific deposits within the media of medium and small muscular arteries that do not cause luminal narrowing. The calcification is typically diffuse and circumferential along the vessel and is readily visible on plain film. Vascular calcification in the breast on mammography is of this type. The exact pathogenesis of Mönckeberg sclerosis is unknown but it is more common with advancing age, diabetes and chronic renal disease."