arteriolar nephrosclerosis

Etiology: chronic hypertension Pathology: 1) hyaline thickening of afferent glomerular arterioles 2) hyaline scarring of scattered glomeruli Complications: renal failure occurs infrequently

General

nephrosclerosis arterial disease

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.