See Also: acute aortic dissection(medicine)
Aortic dissection(health)
aortic dissection(medicine)
aortic dissection- aetiology(medicine)
aortic dissection- classification(medicine)
Dissection(medicine)
dissection(dictionary)
Dissection(health)
neck dissection(medicine)
axillary dissection(medicine)

fibrositis (iou) and acute aortic dissection (medicine)


fibrositis (iou)



fibrositis noun. E20.
[from FIBROSE adjective + -ITIS.]
Medicine. Any rheumatic disorder of uncertain origin believed to involve the fibrous tissue; esp. painful inflammation of the back and shoulder muscles.
fibrositic adjective relating to or affected with fibrositis E20.

acute aortic dissection (medicine)


acute aortic dissection
<cardiology> A condition in which a weakened portion of the thoracic aorta begins to tear along the longitudinal axis of the vessel.

Symptoms include sudden, severe chest pain that may radiate to the back accompanied by nausea, sweating and difficulty breathing. A common risk factor for this event is atherosclerotic vascular disease and-or hypertension. Advanced cases of syphilis (syphilitic aortitis) can also result in acute thoracic dissection as a complication of infection with Treponema pallidum.