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pseudoaneurysm [soo″do-an´u-rizm] a condition resembling an aneurysm" >aneurysm, but due to dilation or tortuosity of a vessel. Called also false or spurious aneurysm.pseu·do·an·eu·rysm (sū'dō-an'yū-rizm), 1. Pulsating, encapsulated hematoma in communication with the lumen of a ruptured vessel. 2. Ventricular pseudoaneurysm, a cardiac rupture contained and loculated by pericardium, which forms its external wall. 3. An aneurysm the walls of which consist of adventitia and periarterial fibrous tissue and hematoma. Synonym(s): communicating hematoma, false aneurysm, pulsatile hematomapseudoaneurysm The preferred term for a false aneurysm in which the saccular dilation (“aneurysm”) does not involve all of the vessel wall layers. Pseudoaneurysm should not be confused with phantom aneurysm (also known as aortismus abdominalis), a near-extinct term for the clinical misinterpretation of the (normal) aortic pulse as a sign of an abdominal aortic aneurysm, an error usually borne of inexperience.pseudoaneurysm False aneurysm, see there. false an·eu·rysm (fawls an'yŭr-izm) 1. Pulsating, encapsulated hematoma in communication with the lumen of a ruptured vessel; 2. Ventricular pseudoaneurysm, a cardiac rupture contained and loculated by pericardium, which forms its external wall. 3. An aneurysm with walls that consist of adventitia, periarterial fibrous tissue, and hematoma. See PSA See PSA |