Bilateral extensive cerebral infarction and mesenteric ischemia associated with segmental arterial mediolysis in two young women

Pathology International

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 632-638

  Basso, Monique Camila ^a   Flores, Patricia Carrasco ^a   De Azevedo Marques, Ary ^a   De Souza, Guilherme Lerne ^a   Brescia, Marília D'Elboux Guimarães ^a   Campos, Cynthia Resende ^a   De Cleva, Roberto ^a   Saldiva, Paulo Hilario Nascimento ^a   Mauad, Thais ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arterial occlusion; Autopsy; Brain infarction; Mesenteric ischemia; Segmental arterial mediolysis; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; ISCHEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MESENTERIC VEIN THROMBOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE MUCOSA; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; ARTERITIS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MESENTERY; THROMBOSIS; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 28444454502     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2005.01881.x     Document Type: Article

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