Pathological Anatomy. Atlas of Macroscopic Specimens - Part 2. Pathology of Individual Organs and Systems - A. M. Romanyuk 2016
Pathology of the Urinary System
Primary Contracted Kidney
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Primary contracted Kidney
In Hypertension and symptomatic hypertension, vascular changes lead to arteriolonephrosclerosis, or primary contraction of the Kidneys (primary contracted kidneys). Macroscopically, the kidneys are dense, with a finely granular surface due to the presence of developed scars; a structural remodeling of the kidneys is observed.
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