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Histological section (Mason's technique) from a patient with aortic dissection. Muscle is stained in red and collagen in green. The aortic media (stained in red) is partitioned in two (arrows); one forms part of the dissection flap, the other forms the outer wall of the false channel. Large arrow indicates the dissection flap. LF, false lumen; LV, true lumen.
