Ectasia (/ɛkˈteɪʒə/), also called ectasis (/ˈɛktəsɪs/), is dilation or distention of a tubular structure, either normal or pathophysiologic but usually...

Duct ectasia of the breast, mammary duct ectasia or plasma cell mastitis is a condition that occurs when a milk duct beneath the nipple widens, the duct...

Dural ectasia is widening or ballooning of the dural sac surrounding the spinal cord. This usually occurs in the lumbosacral region, as this is where...

Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) is an uncommon cause of chronic gastrointestinal bleeding or iron deficiency anemia. The condition is associated...

Coronary artery ectasia is a rare disease that occurs in only 0.3-4.9% of people in North America. Coronary artery ectasia is characterized by the enlargement...

Rete tubular ectasia, also known as cystic transformation of rete testis is a benign condition, usually found in older men, involving numerous small,...

Corneal ectatic disorders or corneal ectasia are a group of uncommon, noninflammatory, eye disorders characterised by bilateral thinning of the central...

breastfeeding. It is sometimes equated with duct ectasia, but other forms can be described. Duct ectasia in the literal sense (literally: duct widening)...

Post-LASIK ectasia is a condition similar to keratoconus where the cornea starts to bulge forwards at a variable time after LASIK, PRK, or SMILE corneal...

Annuloaortic ectasia is characterized by pure aortic valve regurgitation and aneurysmal dilatation of the ascending aorta. Men are more likely than women...

Reasons for abnormal discharge include an intraductal papilloma, duct ectasia, blocked milk duct, infected breast (mastitis or breast abscess), breast...

Jugular vein ectasia is a venous anomaly that commonly presents itself as a unilateral neck swelling in children and adults. It is rare to have bilateral...

Caroli disease (communicating cavernous ectasia, or congenital cystic dilatation of the intrahepatic biliary tree) is a rare inherited disorder characterized...

by the macroscopic appearances on endoscopy characterized by vascular ectasias. Mucosal biopsy may aid in ruling out alternate causes of proctitis, but...

UV-A light is a surgical treatment for corneal ectasia such as keratoconus, PMD, and post-LASIK ectasia. It is used in an attempt to make the cornea stronger...

the dura of the spine, unrelated to Spina bifida Radiographically, dural ectasia can lead to scalloping of the posterior vertebral bodies and to the formation...

has keratoconus have 15 to 67 times higher risk in developing corneal ectasia compared to patients with no affected relatives. Proposed environmental...

Acral arteriolar ectasia is characterized by purple serpiginous ectatic arterioles on the back of the fingers, presenting in the fifth decade of life...

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a localized enlargement of the abdominal aorta such that the diameter is greater than 3 cm or more than 50% larger than...

however, dural ectasia is not often visible in the early stages. A worsening of symptoms might warrant an MRI of the lower spine. Dural ectasia that has progressed...

the sperm concentration prior to entering the epididymis. Rete tubular ectasia is a disorder of the rete testis characterized by multiple benign cysts...

pattern can be seen with a related condition called gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE), or watermelon stomach. However, in GAVE, the ectatic blood vessels...

websites on the internet report that acetazolamide can be used to treat dural ectasia in individuals with Marfan syndrome, the only supporting evidence for this...

the nipples is nearly always benign and frequently associated with duct ectasia; it should only be investigated when it is unilateral. In folklore, witch's...

thickening of vessel walls to the point of obliteration angiogenesis vascular ectasia thrombosis of the superficial and mid-dermal blood vessels The likely pathogenesis...

breast pain is often associated with fibrocystic breast changes or duct ectasia and thought to be caused by changes of prolactin response to thyrotropin...

segment of the eye, involving the cornea and the nearby sclera. It is an ectasia and outpouching of the pseudocornea ( the scar formed from organised exudates...

dilatation of the tubules, so-called tubular ectasia. Factors contributing to the development of tubular ectasia include epididymitis, testicular biopsy,...

inferiorly, or skull distortions may be pushing the brain inferiorly. Dural ectasia is the enlargement of the dura and is common in connective tissue disorders...

Meesmann Corneal ectasia Keratoconus Pellucid marginal degeneration Keratoglobus Terrien's marginal degeneration Post-LASIK ectasia Keratoconjunctivitis...