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**''Flea-bitten appearance'' - seen in [[hypertension]].<ref name=pmid9356598>{{Cite journal | last1 = Ono | first1 = H. | last2 = Ono | first2 = Y. | title = Nephrosclerosis and hypertension. | journal = Med Clin North Am | volume = 81 | issue = 6 | pages = 1273-88 | month = Nov | year = 1997 | doi = | PMID = 9356598 }}</ref> | **''Flea-bitten appearance'' - seen in [[hypertension]].<ref name=pmid9356598>{{Cite journal | last1 = Ono | first1 = H. | last2 = Ono | first2 = Y. | title = Nephrosclerosis and hypertension. | journal = Med Clin North Am | volume = 81 | issue = 6 | pages = 1273-88 | month = Nov | year = 1997 | doi = | PMID = 9356598 }}</ref> | ||
*[[Acute tubular necrosis]] (ATN). | *[[Acute tubular necrosis]] (ATN). | ||
**ATN is difficult | **ATN is difficult to prove on autopsy material. | ||
**Look for: | **Look for:<ref name=pmid19207286>{{Cite journal | last1 = Kocovski | first1 = L. | last2 = Duflou | first2 = J. | title = Can renal acute tubular necrosis be differentiated from autolysis at autopsy? | journal = J Forensic Sci | volume = 54 | issue = 2 | pages = 439-42 | month = Mar | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00956.x | PMID = 19207286 }}</ref> | ||
*** | ***Tubular epithelial whorls. | ||
*** | ***Tubulorrhexis. | ||
***Interstitial edema. | |||
===Liver=== | ===Liver=== | ||