Diseases

Fibromuscular Dysplasia

An idiopathic, segmental, nonatheromatous disease of the musculature of arterial walls, leading to STENOSIS of small and medium-sized arteries. There is true proliferation of SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS and fibrous tissue. Fibromuscular dysplasia lesions are smooth stenosis and occur most often in the renal and carotid arteries. They may also occur in other peripheral arteries of the extremity.

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An idiopathic, segmental, nonatheromatous disease of the musculature of arterial walls, leading to STENOSIS of small and medium-sized arteries. There is true proliferation of SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS and fibrous tissue. Fibromuscular dysplasia lesions are smooth stenosis and occur most often in the renal and carotid arteries. They may also occur in other peripheral arteries of the extremity.

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  • Fibromuscular Dysplasia of Arteries
  • Arteries Fibromuscular Dysplasia
  • Arteries Fibromuscular Dysplasias
  • Dysplasia, Fibromuscular
  • Fibromuscular Dysplasias

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

a disease of the musculature of arterial walls; do not confuse with the various MUSCULAR DISEASES in Category C5; coordinate IM with specific artery or pre-coordinated arterial disease (IM)

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History Note

91(78); was see under ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES 1978-90

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Previous Indexing

  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases (1973-1977)
  • Carotid Artery Diseases (1966-1977)
  • Renal Artery Obstruction (1966-1977)
  • Vascular Diseases (1966-1977)

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  1. C14w.907w.137.372w

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WG 510

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Fibromuscular Dysplasia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005352. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005352
  2. Fibromuscular Dysplasia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibromuscular_dysplasia
  3. Fibromuscular Dysplasia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q688949