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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

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.

Eye

  • Blindness.

Heart

  • Concentric hypertrophy.

Kidney

  • Renal failure.

See also

References

  1. Auer RN, Sutherland GR (December 2005). "Primary intracerebral hemorrhage: pathophysiology". Can J Neurol Sci 32 Suppl 2: S3–12. PMID 16450803.