Marfan's disease and Erdheim's cystic medionecrosis. A study of their pathology.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a059830

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Marfan's disease and Erdheim's cystic medionecrosis. A study of their pathology.

European heart journal - 1 Jan 1991

Trotter S E, Olsen E G

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Differentiation between Marfan's disease, or its forme fruste counterpart and Erdheim's cystic medionecrosis can be made in cases of aortic dilatation or dissection. This study examined the morphological features at light microscopy of aortic tissue, removed at surgery in 10 patients with Marfan'...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aorta
Aortic Diseases
Child
Child, Preschool
Cysts
Diagnosis, Differential
Elastic Tissue
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Marfan Syndrome
Middle Aged

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