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01-12-2014 | Case Report
Monckeberg’s Arteriosclerosis in Uterine Vessels: An Unusual Presentation
Published in: The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India | Issue 6/2014
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Monckeberg’s arteriosclerosis is a degenerative and noninflammatory disease involving the media of small and medium-sized muscular arteries. Calcium deposits form in the middle layer of the walls of medium-sized vessels, and these vessels become calcified independently of atherosclerosis. It is more common in people over 50 years of age and is commonly found in the peripheral arteries causing “pipestem” arteries. It can easily be seen as an opaque vessel on normal X-rays and purple material on histologic slides (Fig. 1). Involvement of the uterine vessels is very rare. We would like to report the occurrence of this sclerosis in uterine vessels in an utero-vaginal prolapse.
Fig. 1
Histology showing areas of sclerosis
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