At the end of this lecture the students should be able to:
- Define, describe the mechanism of formation and list the causes of aneurysms
- Describe the morphology, sites involved and complications of atheromatous aneurysms
- Describe syphilitic, Berry, mycotic and capillary micro aneurysms
- Describe mechanism of formation, clinical effects and complications of aortic dissection
- Classify vasculitides according to the size of the vessel, anatomical location and histological characteristics
- Identify the clinical features and morphological features of some common vasculitides including giant cell arteritis , takayasu arteritis, polyarteritis nodosa, burger disease,Wegener granulomatosis
- Describe the vascular changes associated with diabetes mellitus
- Outline the pathologies of veins
- Briefly classify the tumours of blood vessels
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