Nevertheless, progressive enlargement of the affected pulmonary artery, seen on serial radiographs as an enlarging hilum, is an important characteristic feature, and may arise either as a result of direct expansion of the vessel by tumour or by pulmonary arterial hypertension secondary to distal embolism.
Hydrocephalus, accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the ventricles, or cavities, of the brain, causing progressive enlargement of the head.
Hydrocephalus, the accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles, or cavities, of the brain, causes progressive enlargement of the head.
This slowly progressive enlargement of the prostate can make urination difficult or painful and send men trudging to the bathroom many times during the day and night.
Acromegaly (q.v ., a condition marked by progressive enlargement of skeletal extremities, occurs if growth hormone continues to be produced in large volume after epiphyseal closure.
Progressive enlargement of the kidneys via replacement of the renal parenchyma with cysts and decreasing renal function makes ADPKD the leading genetic cause of renal transplantation.
The change in both factors is related to the landscape evolution, mainly with the development and progressive enlargement and deepening of the nearby doline.
High-resolution MR images obtained from these mutants showed a progressive enlargement of the lateral ventricles, starting at day 5 of postnatal life.
Dilatation after saphenous vein patching is most likely a rare isolated event and not the result of generalized or frequent progressive enlargement.
