Ectasia
As ectasia is called in medical term, the expansion of a hollow organ or vessel. This expansion of the hollow body takes place mostly variable, for example, spindle - or bag- shaped. Depending on the filling state are ectatic structure of tightly elastic or easily expressible consistency. Halsvenenektasien ( widening of the external jugular vein, internal jugular vein or jugular vein anterior) can be made by the so-called Valsalva pressing pressure test may arbitrarily visible by pressing, crying and coughing emerge or together with the leg veins.
Examples
Angiektasien
( The vascular system in question dilatation)
- Arteriektasie: dilatation of an artery
- Phlebectasia: dilatation of a vein
- Kapillarektasie: dilatation of a capillary
- Telangiectasia: a dilation Hautkapillare
- Lymphangiectasia: dilatation of a lymph vessel
Other possible Ektasieformen
- Bronchiectasis: sack-shaped dilatation of the bronchi
- Duraektasie: dilatation of the dura mater
- Ductal ectasia: dilatation of glandular excretory duct
- Cholangiektasie: dilatation of the bile ducts
- Pyelectasis: dilatation of the renal pelvis
- Sklerektasie: dilatation of the sclera
- Therapeutic procedures in angiology