Obliterating endarteritis

Obliterating endarteritis
Obliterating endarteritis
Other names	Obliterating arteritis
	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". www.merriam-webster.com.
^ "obliterating endarteritis - definition of obliterating endarteritis in the Medical dictionary - by the Free Online Medical Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia".
^ Ghosh, Amit K. (2008). Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine Review: Eighth Edition (Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine Review). Informa Healthcare. p. 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". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. National Center for Biotechnology Information. PMID 29261879. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
^ Song SH, Jang I, Kim BS, et al. (October 2005). "A case of primary syphilis in the rectum". J. Korean Med. Sci. 20 (5): 886–7. doi:10.3346/jkms.2005.20.5.886. PMC 2779291. PMID 16224168.

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[1] "Medical Definition of ENDARTERITIS". www.merriam-webster.com.

[2] "obliterating endarteritis - definition of obliterating endarteritis in the Medical dictionary - by the Free Online Medical Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia".

[3] Ghosh, Amit K. (2008). Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine Review: Eighth Edition (Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine Review). Informa Healthcare. p. 281. ISBN 978-1-4200-8478-8.

[PMID_29261879-4] Cooper, Jeffrey S.; Hanley, Mary E.; Hendriksen, Stephen; Robins, Marc (August 30, 2022). "Hyperbaric Treatment of Delayed Radiation Injury". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. National Center for Biotechnology Information. PMID 29261879. Retrieved 23 July 2023.

[5] Song SH, Jang I, Kim BS, et al. (October 2005). "A case of primary syphilis in the rectum". J. Korean Med. Sci. 20 (5): 886–7. doi:10.3346/jkms.2005.20.5.886. PMC 2779291. PMID 16224168.

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