Hitherto undescribed venous vacuolar myopathy without mucoid degeneration in the varicose saphenous vein of a child

Ersoy, U; Guvener, M; Kaplan, S; Ozkaya, ÖZAY; Uzunalimoglu, B

doi:10.1024/0301-1526.30.1.67

Hitherto undescribed venous vacuolar myopathy without mucoid degeneration in the varicose saphenous vein of a child

Ersoy U., Guvener M., Kaplan S., Ozkaya Ö., Uzunalimoglu B.

VASA-JOURNAL OF VASCULAR DISEASES, cilt.30, sa.1, ss.67-70, 2001 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 30 Sayı: 1
Basım Tarihi: 2001
Doi Numarası: 10.1024/0301-1526.30.1.67
Dergi Adı: VASA-JOURNAL OF VASCULAR DISEASES
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.67-70
Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Varicose vein abnormalities involving the lesser saphenous vein of a 7-year-old boy are presented. The histopathology of the vein wall revealed a vacuolar degeneration without mucoid deposits of the muscle cells, which has not been described previously in the literature in congenital varices.