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==Kidney==
==Kidney==
:See ''[[hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis]]''.
:See ''[[thrombotic microangiopathy]]''.
===General===
===General===
*May result in renal failure.
*May result in renal failure.
*Hypertension in the kidney may be:
*#Primary, i.e. seen in isolation.
*#Secondary, i.e. it arises due to another kidney disease.


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=pmid9356598>{{cite journal |author=Ono H, Ono Y |title=Nephrosclerosis and hypertension |journal=Med. Clin. North Am. |volume=81 |issue=6 |pages=1273–88 |year=1997 |month=November |pmid=9356598 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
Features:<ref name=pmid9356598>{{cite journal |author=Ono H, Ono Y |title=Nephrosclerosis and hypertension |journal=Med. Clin. North Am. |volume=81 |issue=6 |pages=1273–88 |year=1997 |month=November |pmid=9356598 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*Fibrinoid [[necrosis]] of afferent and interlobular arteries (due to endothelial cell damage).
*[[Fibrinoid necrosis]] of afferent and interlobular arteries (due to endothelial cell damage).


Malignant hypertension - characterized by:<ref>{{Ref Klatt|7}}</ref>
Malignant hypertension - characterized by:<ref>{{Ref Klatt|7}}</ref>
*[[Hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis]] - onion skin-like appearance of intima & media with luminal narrowing.
*[[Hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis]] - onion skin-like appearance of intima & media with luminal narrowing (chronic change).


Notes:
Note:
*Diabetes mellitus has changes in the afferent and efferent arteriole (see ''[[medical kidney diseases]]'').
*[[Diabetes mellitus]] has changes in the afferent and efferent arteriole (see ''[[medical kidney diseases]]'').


==See also==
==See also==
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