Pathologic Intimal Thickening

**Semantic type:** Finding

**Definition:** A term that refers to a vascular lesion characterized by an extracellular lipid pool with intimal smooth muscle cell loss typically adjacent to the medial wall in addition to varying degrees of macrophage infiltration near the lumen. (Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 2007; 27:986-989)

**Synonyms:** - INTIMAL THICKENING - PIT