title: Hypoplasia of the abdominal aorta--a case report.
abstract: Infrarenal aortic coarctation is a very uncommon vascular disease. It has been named as hypoplasia of abdominal aorta, mid aortic dysplasia, mid aortic syndrome, atrophy of aorta, atresia of the terminal aorta & atypical coarctation. The pathogenesis is still controversial. Hypertension is an almost universal feature of this disorder. We present a case report with postmortem findings of a young female patient having hypoplasia of abdominal aorta for its rarity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, KIMS, Karad, Maharashtra. leelak@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Kalamdani
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Kulkarni
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000473:pathology*; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology