Medical Term:
pseudoaneurysm
Pronunciation: sū′dō-an′yū-rizm
Definition:
- Pulsating, encapsulated hematoma in communication with the lumen of a ruptured vessel.
- Ventricular pseudoaneurysm, a cardiac rupture contained and loculated by pericardium, which forms its external wall.
- An aneurysm the walls of which consist of adventitia and periarterial fibrous tissue and hematoma.
Synonym(s): communicating hematoma, false aneurysm, pulsatile hematoma
Search Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.
