Pathological Anatomy. Atlas of Macroscopic Specimens - Part 2. Pathology of Individual Organs and Systems - A. M. Romaniuk 2016
Pathology of the Urinary System
Kidney in Hypertensive Disease
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Kidney in hypertensive disease
The Kidneys are firm, with a pebbled and coarsely scarred surface. A structural remodeling of the organ is observed, leading to The phenomenon of a Primary Contracted Kidney. Microscopically, There is a diffuse proliferation of Connective Tissue with replacement of the organ parenchyma, along with hypertrophy of subcapsular glomeruli in the preserved nephrons.
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