title: Fibromuscular dysplasia. Its occurrence with a dissecting aneurysm of the internal carotid artery.
abstract: A rare case of fibromuscular dysplasia with a dissecting aneurysm of the cervical portion of the internal carotid artery was studied. Histopathologic observations and a review of the literature indicated that dissecting aneurysm as a complication of fibromuscular dysplasia should not be considered strange, although reports of similar cases are extremely rare.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000473:pathology; D005352:Fibromuscular Dysplasia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male