Wednesday1 - sammy10

[ArchivalUser]

A 53 year old Caucassian male comes to the ER with vague abdominal discomfort. Abdominal palplation reveals a centrally located pulsatile mass. The disease most likely responsible for this patient's condition starts as which of the following?

A. Intimal streak
B. intimal tear
C. Medial degeneration
D. Medial inflammation
E. Vasavasorum obliteration
F. Perivascular fibrosis

[ArchivalUser]

aaaaaa.......................aortic aneurism.......atherosclerosis............intimal streak

[ArchivalUser]

AAAAAA Intimal fatty streak....

[ArchivalUser]

hi sammy..

id go with 'a'

distractor b is for a dissection

Cheers!

[ArchivalUser]

aa

[ArchivalUser]

abd aneurysm , due atherosclerosis.

[ArchivalUser]

A is the correct answer. This is aneurysm and that starts off as intimal streaks of fats.