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'''Hypertension''' is very common and affects multiple organs. Clinically, it is usually classified as primary (idiopathic) and secondary. | '''Hypertension''' is very common and affects multiple organs. Clinically, it is usually classified as primary (idiopathic) and secondary. | ||
Hypertensive crisis, if untreated, is associated with damage to the brain, heart, eye and kidneys.<ref name=pmid19899722>{{cite journal |author=Janota T |title=[Hypertensive crisis--the present view] |language=Czech |journal=Cas. Lek. Cesk. |volume=148 |issue=8 |pages=370–3 |year=2009 |pmid=19899722 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | Hypertensive crisis, if untreated, is associated with damage to the brain, heart, eye and kidneys.<ref name=pmid19899722>{{cite journal |author=Janota T |title=[Hypertensive crisis--the present view] |language=Czech |journal=Cas. Lek. Cesk. |volume=148 |issue=8 |pages=370–3 |year=2009 |pmid=19899722 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
Pulmonary hypertension is dealt with separately in the article ''[[pulmonary hypertension]]''. | |||
==Brain== | ==Brain== | ||
===Charcôt-Bouchard aneurysms=== | ===Charcôt-Bouchard aneurysms=== | ||
====General==== | ====General==== | ||
*[[AKA]] miliary aneurysms. | *[[AKA]] ''miliary aneurysms'' and ''microaneurysm''.<ref name=pmid17416106>{{cite journal |author=Kojima H, Eguchi H, Mizutani T, Tanaka K, Kikuchi Y, Fukudome N |title=Three-dimensional analysis of pathological characteristics of a microaneurysm |journal=Clin. Neuropathol. |volume=26 |issue=2 |pages=74–9 |year=2007 |pmid=17416106 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
*[[Intracerebral hemorrhage]]s. | *Associated with [[Intracerebral hemorrhage]]s. | ||
*Classically found in the basal ganglia or the pons.<ref>URL: [http://missinglink.ucsf.edu/lm/introductionneuropathology/Response%20_to_Injury/Microvascular.html http://missinglink.ucsf.edu/lm/introductionneuropathology/Response%20_to_Injury/Microvascular.html]. Accessed on: 24 September 2010.</ref> | |||
====Microscopic==== | ====Microscopic==== | ||