Arteriomegaly. Apropos of 6 cases
Assas-Jandin, M.; Bonnin, A.; Hodara, M.
Journal des Maladies Vasculaires 7(3): 197-200
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0398-0499 PMID: 7142822 Document Number: 193849
Six cases of megalodolichoartery (M. D. A.) or arteriomegaly are reported. The arteriographic characteristics of the condition are reviewed: abnormally dilated and tortuous arteries, frequently aneurysmal, sometimes the site of obstruction by obliterative arteriosclerosis or embolism. Although clinically the relation between M. D. A. and arterial atheroma appears close, underlying abnormalities of elastic tissue cannot be excluded from the aetiology of the disease.