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From: Coronary artery bypass grafting in Takayasu’s disease – importance of the proximal anastomosis: a case report

Fig. 2

Aortic wall: stain (left) and Elastica van Gieson (middle) show the widened intima (I) due to proliferation of myofibroblasts, best seen in the smooth muscle actin staining (left). The media (M) is thinned with fragmentation of elastic fibers (middle panel and inset) associated with a lymphohistiocytic infiltrate (left) and a few giant cells (inset left, arrow). The adventitia (A) shows acellular collagenous fibrosis and a few nonspecific lymphoid aggregates (*)

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Journal of Medical Case Reports

ISSN: 1752-1947