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It is also known as ''segmental renal atrophy''. | It is also known as ''segmental renal atrophy''. | ||
==General== | |||
*Partial renal atrophy. | *Partial renal atrophy. | ||
*May be the cause of [[hypertension]] in a younger individual.<ref name=pmid15647775>{{Cite journal | last1 = Babin | first1 = J. | last2 = Sackett | first2 = M. | last3 = Delage | first3 = C. | last4 = Lebel | first4 = M. | title = The Ask-Upmark kidney: a curable cause of hypertension in young patients. | journal = J Hum Hypertens | volume = 19 | issue = 4 | pages = 315-6 | month = Apr | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001822 | PMID = 15647775 }}</ref> | *May be the cause of [[hypertension]] in a younger individual.<ref name=pmid15647775>{{Cite journal | last1 = Babin | first1 = J. | last2 = Sackett | first2 = M. | last3 = Delage | first3 = C. | last4 = Lebel | first4 = M. | title = The Ask-Upmark kidney: a curable cause of hypertension in young patients. | journal = J Hum Hypertens | volume = 19 | issue = 4 | pages = 315-6 | month = Apr | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001822 | PMID = 15647775 }}</ref> | ||
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*Acquired versus congenital.<ref name=pmid501498/> | *Acquired versus congenital.<ref name=pmid501498/> | ||
==Gross== | |||
*Focal parenchymal loss. | *Focal parenchymal loss. | ||
==Microscopic== | |||
Features: | Features: | ||
*Fibrosis. | *Fibrosis. |
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