Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2014
Autopsy has revealed shrunken kidneys weighing 50 mg, with finegrained surface and uniformly thi- nned substance. Microscopic investigation has shown the thickening of arteriole walls due to accumulation of homogeneous anhistic pink-coloured masses in them. Glomerules were undersized, sclerotic, with atrophied tubules. What disease are these changes characteristic of?
Answer options
- Membranous nephropathy
- Acute glomerulonephritis
- Renal amyloidosis
- Essential hypertension
- Pyelonephritis with kidney shrinkage
Correct answer
Essential hypertension
Explanation
Essential hypertension causes damages to the artery walls, it makes artery walls thick and stiff and also causes kidney damages.
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