Helping patients successfully achieve diagnosis

I discovered Inky Mouse Studio’s medical illustration of fibromuscular dysplasia while researching the rare vascular disease for my international support group, FMD Chat. The illustration was the first that I had seen showing the disease’s effects within the artery wall, making it a wonderful teaching tool for patients and medical professionals. Representations of FMD typically only feature the exterior of the artery or are angiogram images, which fail to truly explain the disease’s constrictive nature. Inky Mouse Studios’ illustration clearly shows the overgrowth of cells within the artery wall and the bulging aneurysms that characterize the disease’s primary form and classic “string of beads” appearance. FMD Chat is fortunate to benefit from Inky Mouse Studio’s support for FMD Awareness Day, observed on July 23, 2012. Inky Mouse Studio permitted FMD Chat to make use of the Understanding Fibromuscular Dysplasia image to show the world what FMD looks like. It is our hope that after having viewed Inky Mouse Studio’s illustration of FMD that more people will be aware of the rare disease’s existence thus helping patients successfully achieve diagnosis.