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BREAST ARTERIAL CALCIFICATION IN PATIENTS ON HEMODIALYSIS

Calcification of blood vessel wall is a degenerative process combined with progressive development of atherosclerotic process characteristic for older age group. Patients with chronic renal insufficiency reveal greater incidence of blood vessels calcification in youger age group. The pathogenesis of arterial calcification remains unclear, arterial calcification tends to involve muscular arteries of medium to small size and in x – ray films it shows classically in pipe – stem shadows appearances.

breast; arterial; calcification; dializysis

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