Abstract
Introduction: Fibro-calcific plaque is one of the earliest representations of atherosclerosis in the ageing pulmonary trunk. It may vary in the different parts of the pulmonary trunk and may increase with age. Materials and Methods: One hundred and twenty pulmonary trunks of adult human forensic bodies were taken. Histological slides were formed, and occurrence of fibro-calcific plaque was observed in the different segments of the pulmonary trunk were microscopically. Data were statically analysed using the ANOVA and P-test methods. Results: There was an increase in the occurrence of fibro-calcific plaque in each segment of the pulmonary trunk up to the middle age, but there is a decrease in older age group except in the distal segment which show continuous increase with all age groups. Our results show agreement with previous workers. Conclusion: There was no significant difference in the occurrence of fibro-calcific plaque in different segments of the pulmonary trunk, and it increases up to middle age and show some decrease in the older age group in the pulmonary trunk.
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