Diseases

Intracranial Arteriosclerosis

Vascular diseases characterized by thickening and hardening of the walls of ARTERIES inside the SKULL. There are three subtypes: (1) atherosclerosis with fatty deposits in the ARTERIAL INTIMA; (2) Monckeberg's sclerosis with calcium deposits in the media and (3) arteriolosclerosis involving the small caliber arteries. Clinical signs include HEADACHE; CONFUSION; transient blindness (AMAUROSIS FUGAX); speech impairment; and HEMIPARESIS.

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Abstract

Vascular diseases characterized by thickening and hardening of the walls of ARTERIES inside the SKULL. There are three subtypes: (1) atherosclerosis with fatty deposits in the ARTERIAL INTIMA; (2) Monckeberg's sclerosis with calcium deposits in the media and (3) arteriolosclerosis involving the small caliber arteries. Clinical signs include HEADACHE; CONFUSION; transient blindness (AMAUROSIS FUGAX); speech impairment; and HEMIPARESIS.

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  • Arterioscleroses, Intracranial
  • Arteriosclerosis, Intracranial
  • Intracranial Arterioscleroses
  • Cerebral Arteriosclerosis
  • Cerebral Atherosclerosis
  • Intracranial Atherosclerosis
  • Arterioscleroses, Cerebral
  • Arteriosclerosis, Cerebral
  • Atheroscleroses, Cerebral
  • Atheroscleroses, Intracranial
  • Atherosclerosis, Cerebral
  • Atherosclerosis, Intracranial
  • Cerebral Arterioscleroses
  • Cerebral Atheroscleroses
  • Intracranial Atheroscleroses

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2000(1963)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Intracranial Arteriosclerosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002537. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002537
  2. Intracranial Arteriosclerosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27680586