cardiovascular disorders
Nonatheromatous Arteriosclerosis
Mönckeberg arteriosclerosis
Mönckeberg arteriosclerosis (medial calcific sclerosis) affects patients>50; age-related medial degeneration occurs with focal calcification and even bone formation within the arterial wall. Segments of the artery may become a rigid calcified tube without luminal narrowing. The diagnosis is usually obvious by plain x-ray. This disorder is clinically important only because it can greatly reduce arterial compressibility, causing extremely but falsely elevated blood pressure readings. 