Aortic laminar medial collapse

MedGen UID:: 1703616
•Concept ID:: C5139121
•: Pathologic Function

HPO:	HP:0032087

Definition

Architecturally, a compaction of aortic medial elastic fibers that creates thinning of the lamellar unit secondary to a band-like smooth muscle cell loss identified using a stain for elastic fibers. [from HPO]

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CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVAortic laminar medial collapse

Abnormal cardiovascular system morphology
- Abnormal vascular morphology
  - Abnormal blood vessel morphology
    - Abnormal morphology of the great vessels
      - Abnormal aortic morphology
        Medial degeneration
        Aortic laminar medial collapse

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