intracranial arteriosclerosis
MONDO:0001632Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names intracranial arteriosclerosis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Vascular diseases characterized by thickening and hardening of the walls of arteries inside the skull. There are three subtypes: (1) atherosclerosis with fatty deposits in the arterial intima; (2) Monckeberg's sclerosis with calcium deposits in the media and (3) arteriolosclerosis involving the small caliber arteries. Clinical signs include headache; confusion; transient blindness (amaurosis fugax); speech impairment; and hemiparesis.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0001632), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of