Cholesterol embolus
Description
- Showers of cholesterol crystals from ulcerated atherosclerotic plaque embolise to small vessels - typically after vascular intervention (angiography, angioplasty, vascular surgery) or anticoagulation/thrombolysis affecting a plaque
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