Click on images to enlarge. Atheroma 1 Note presence of cholesterol, ring of calcium No evidence of atheroma fracture Unable to determine percentage of stenosis Atheroma 2 To the right is calcium and actual bony formation Note the fat and lymphoid cells in the middle and the left, evidence of actual hematopoesis and trabeculae formation Atheroma 3 Note the intima, the calcium/bony deposition in the media, and the proliferative smooth muscle layer, the result of long term atherosclerotic disease
