title: Abdominal aneurysm in South African Negroes due to intimomedial mucoid degeneration.
abstract: Nine South African Negroes with abdominal aortic aneurysms due to intimomedial mucoid degeneration are described. These occurred in a younger age group than atherosclerotic aneurysms and with a female predominance. The aneurysms are not syphilitic in origin and are unlike atherosclerotic aneurysms. This form of abdominal aneurysm constitutes a distinct entity which is relatively prevalent in South African Negroes and which has hitherto received little or no emphasis and attention.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000473:pathology; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D044383:Black People; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013019:South Africa