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fibrocalcific

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fibrocalcific /fi·bro·cal·cif·ic/ (-kal-sif´ik) pertaining to or characterized by partially calcified fibrous tissue.
fibrocalcific [fi″bro-kal-sif´ik]
pertaining to or characterized by partially calcified fibrous tissue.
fibrocalcific
pertaining to or characterized by partially calcified fibrous tissue.
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Second, they document greater numbers of periadventitial infiltrating macrophages in clinical specimens of coronary atherosclerosis with large lipid cores than in fibrocalcific or nonatherosclerotic vessels.
Periadventitial fat: regional source of inflammation in ... by Tellides, George / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
The fibrocalcific nodules found on the chest radiograph imply that either 1) the patient might have had histoplasmosis for years and it became disseminated because of immunosuppressive therapy for rheumatoid arthritis or 2) the patient was reinfected with the calcified lesions that resulted from prior histoplasmosis.
Indigenous case of disseminated histoplasmosis, Taiwan by Lin, Hsi-Hsun / Emerging Infectious Diseases
In addition, macrophage density in the periadventitial fat of lipid-rich plaques is increased compared with fibrocalcific plaques.
The role of periadventitial fat in atherosclerosis: an adipose subset ... by Vela, Deborah; Buja, L. Maximilian; Madjid, Mohammad; Burke, Alan; Naghavi, Morteza; Willerson, Jame / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
 
 
 
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