title: Idiopathic intimal hyperplasia of small arteries and arterioles affecting intestines and myocardium.
abstract: We report the case of a 52-year-old woman dying from a noninflammatory, occlusive vasculopathy. Histology showed marked intimal hyperplasia of small arteries of the intestines and myocardium with subsequent infarction of myocardium, large intestine and gallbladder. A comprehensive work up including laboratory studies, clinical investigations and postmortem failed to assign this condition to any of the known vascular diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histopathology, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK. gabriele@behrendt.fsnet.co.uk
authors.forename: Gabriele C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Behrendt
authors.forename: Sarah J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Tabrizi
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: Tanya S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: Mary N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Sheppard
mesh_terms: D001160:Arterioles / Q000473:pathology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D007238:Infarction / Q000209:etiology; D007422:Intestines / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D017539:Tunica Intima / Q000473:pathology*