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Actions	Abdominal aorta aneurysms, with calcarous degeneration Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberGC.2962 TitleAbdominal aorta aneurysms, with calcarous degeneration DescriptionAbdominal aorta aneurysms, with extreme calcarous degeneration The preparation is a portion of abdominal aorta, dried and varnished, showing excessive calcareous deposit in and around aneurysmal dilatations. These kind of deposits are caused when the arteries become narrowed by cholesterol (atherosclerosis), and then this fat becomes hardened by calcium. Here this has occurred around weakened patches in the largest artery. Dr Haldane remarked that he had never seen such extrem calcareous degeneration of the arterial system (see attached) From a woman of 50, who had a cough with "pneumic" expectoration and great exhaustion. Without being able to give a satusfactry account of herself, she died a week later. Post-mortem examination showed aortic incompetence, atheroma, and thickening of the ascending aorta, and an aneurysm of the transverse portion. In the abdominal portion there were three dilatations , with the most proximal involving the origin of the coeliac artery and completely filled with calcareous material. The next dilatation involved the origin of the superior mesenteric artery, with its wall almost entirely calcareous. The most distal - and smallest - of the dilatations showed extensive calcification about the roots of the left suprarenal and renal arteries. The coeliac artery was atheromatous and calcareous, and somewhat dilated at its origin, but distally had undergone obliteration. The sponge-like formation in the first sac if likely the result of calacareous deposit in a fibrinous clot. The superior mesenteric artery has been obliterated at its origin. Production date 1863 Production periodNineteenth century Object nameAORTA Object categoryAnatomical, specimen Dimensions Jar Height: 185.00 Diameter: 70.00

Object numberGC.2962

TitleAbdominal aorta aneurysms, with calcarous degeneration

DescriptionAbdominal aorta aneurysms, with extreme calcarous degeneration The preparation is a portion of abdominal aorta, dried and varnished, showing excessive calcareous deposit in and around aneurysmal dilatations. These kind of deposits are caused when the arteries become narrowed by cholesterol (atherosclerosis), and then this fat becomes hardened by calcium. Here this has occurred around weakened patches in the largest artery. Dr Haldane remarked that he had never seen such extrem calcareous degeneration of the arterial system (see attached) From a woman of 50, who had a cough with "pneumic" expectoration and great exhaustion. Without being able to give a satusfactry account of herself, she died a week later. Post-mortem examination showed aortic incompetence, atheroma, and thickening of the ascending aorta, and an aneurysm of the transverse portion. In the abdominal portion there were three dilatations , with the most proximal involving the origin of the coeliac artery and completely filled with calcareous material. The next dilatation involved the origin of the superior mesenteric artery, with its wall almost entirely calcareous. The most distal - and smallest - of the dilatations showed extensive calcification about the roots of the left suprarenal and renal arteries. The coeliac artery was atheromatous and calcareous, and somewhat dilated at its origin, but distally had undergone obliteration. The sponge-like formation in the first sac if likely the result of calacareous deposit in a fibrinous clot. The superior mesenteric artery has been obliterated at its origin.

Production date 1863

Production periodNineteenth century

Object nameAORTA

Object categoryAnatomical, specimen

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