Display options
Share it on

Surg Pathol Clin. 2012 Jun;5(2):435-51. doi: 10.1016/j.path.2012.04.006. Epub 2012 May 01.

Surgical Pathology of Small- and Medium-Sized Vessels.

Surgical pathology clinics

Michael A Seidman, Richard N Mitchell

Affiliations

  1. Department of Pathology, Brigham & Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

PMID: 26838112 DOI: 10.1016/j.path.2012.04.006

Abstract

Surgical pathologists encounter blood vessels in virtually every specimen they receive, but pathologies intrinsic to the vessels themselves are distinctly less common. Nevertheless, there are a variety of specific diagnoses and procedures involving vascular specimens that merit the attention of the anatomic pathologist. Etiologically, such pathologies can be broadly grouped into traumatic, degenerative, congenital, inflammatory, infectious, and neoplastic lesions. Major examples of most of these are discussed, including anuerysms, vasculitis, thrombosis/embolism, and atherosclerosis.

Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Publication Types