Obliterating endarteritis

Obliterating endarteritis is severe proliferating endarteritis (inflammation of the intima or inner lining of an artery)^[1] that results in an occlusion of the lumen of the artery.^[2] Obliterating endarteritis can occur due to a variety of medical conditions such as a complication of radiation poisoning,^[3] a late side effect of radiation therapy treatments,^[4] tuberculosis meningitis or a syphilis infection.^[5]

Obliterating endarteritis
Other names	Obliterating arteritis
Obliterating endarteritis of the arteries of the brain, causing destruction and deformation
Causes	it occurs with chronic inflammation and it is a specific character of chronic inflammation