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==Brain== | ==Brain== | ||
===Charcôt-Bouchard aneurysms=== | ===Charcôt-Bouchard aneurysms=== | ||
====General==== | |||
*[[AKA]] miliary aneurysms. | *[[AKA]] miliary aneurysms. | ||
*[[Intracerebral hemorrhage]]s. | *[[Intracerebral hemorrhage]]s. | ||
====Microscopic==== | |||
Features:<ref name=pmid16450803>{{cite journal |author=Auer RN, Sutherland GR |title=Primary intracerebral hemorrhage: pathophysiology |journal=Can J Neurol Sci |volume=32 Suppl 2 |issue= |pages=S3–12 |year=2005 |month=December |pmid=16450803 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | Features:<ref name=pmid16450803>{{cite journal |author=Auer RN, Sutherland GR |title=Primary intracerebral hemorrhage: pathophysiology |journal=Can J Neurol Sci |volume=32 Suppl 2 |issue= |pages=S3–12 |year=2005 |month=December |pmid=16450803 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
*Small aneurysms with a fusiform shape. | *Small aneurysms with a fusiform shape. | ||
Revision as of 04:19, 23 September 2010
Hypertension is very common and affects multiple organs. Clinically, it is usually classified as primary (idiopathic) and secondary.
Brain
Charcôt-Bouchard aneurysms
General
- AKA miliary aneurysms.
- Intracerebral hemorrhages.
Microscopic
Features:[1]
- Small aneurysms with a fusiform shape.
- Vessel wall changes:
- Early:
- Proliferation of arteriolar smooth muscle
- Late:
- Apoptotic smooth muscle cell death and collagen deposition.
- Early:
Eye
- Blindness.
Heart
- Concentric hypertrophy.
Kidney
- Renal failure.