Atheromatous Embolization

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EMBOLIZATION of eroded atheromatous plaques has long been recognized by pathologists. Until recently its clinical significance has not been fully appreciated. Panum,1 in 1862, was the first to describe atherosclerotic embolization; in his patient the embolus occluded a coronary artery and caused death. Doch's2 case, 1896, the first American report, was also one of coronary occlusion and death from multiple cholesterol-rich emboli. By 1915 there was sufficient awareness of the condition for Allbutt3 to include it in his textbook. Both Aschoff4 and Kaufmann5 described it in their pathology textbooks. More recently, the reports of Flory,6 Zak and Elias,7 Thurlbeck and . . .

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