Medicine:Obliterating endarteritis
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| Obliterating endarteritis | |
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| Other names | Obliterating arteritis |
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| Obliterating endarteritis of the arteries of the brain, causing destruction and deformation | |
| Causes | it occurs with chronic inflammation and it is a specific character of chronic inflammation |
Obliterating endarteritis is severe proliferating endarteritis (inflammation of the intima or inner lining of an artery)[1] that results in an occlusion of the lumen of the artery.[2] Obliterating endarteritis can occur due to a variety of medical conditions such as a complication of radiation poisoning,[3] a late side effect of radiation therapy treatments,[4] tuberculosis meningitis or a syphilis infection.[5]
References
- ↑ "Medical Definition of ENDARTERITIS". http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/endarteritis.
- ↑ "obliterating endarteritis - definition of obliterating endarteritis in the Medical dictionary - by the Free Online Medical Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.". http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/obliterating+endarteritis.
- ↑ Ghosh, Amit K. (2008). Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine Review: Eighth Edition (Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine Review). Informa Healthcare. pp. 281. ISBN 978-1-4200-8478-8.
- ↑ Cooper, Jeffrey S.; Hanley, Mary E.; Hendriksen, Stephen; Robins, Marc (August 30, 2022). Hyperbaric Treatment of Delayed Radiation Injury. National Center for Biotechnology Information. PMID 29261879. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470447/. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ↑ "A case of primary syphilis in the rectum". J. Korean Med. Sci. 20 (5): 886–7. October 2005. doi:10.3346/jkms.2005.20.5.886. PMID 16224168.
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