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disease > congenital disease > malformation > dolichoectasia
disease > cardiovascular disease > vascular disease > arterial disease > dolichoectasia

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dolichoectasia  

Definition

  • The term dolichoectasia means elongation and distension. It is used to characterize arteries throughout the human body which have shown significant deterioration of their tunica intima (and occasionally the tunica media), weakening the vessel walls and causing the artery to elongate and distend. (Wikipedia)

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