Renal Vascular Disease Flashcards
What is the parthenogenesis for Benign Nephrosclerosis
- Medial and intimal thickening
- Hyaline deposition in arterioles
what can cause medial and intimal thickening in Benign Nephrosclerosis
Hemodynamic changes
aging
genetics
What is the gross morphology of nephrosclerosis
- kidney size is normal to reduced
- surface is granular
What are microscopic morphology changes in nephrosclerosis
- narrowed lumens of arterioles and small arteries
- scarring, glomerular sclerosis
- tubular atrophy
- Fibroelastic hyperplasia
what is fibroelastic hyperplasia
medial hypertrophy, reduplication of elastic lamina, myofibroblastic tissue in intima
what are clinical features of Nephrosclerosis
- mild proteinuria
Rarely nephrosclerosis does not cause renal insufficiency except in what?
- african descent
- severe hypertension
- underlying disease (diabetes)
What is the gross appearance of Malignant hypertension
“fea-bitten” apperance of kidney from petechial hemorrhages on cortical surface
What is the histology for malignant nephrosclerosis
Fibrinoid necrosis of arterioles
Hyperplastic ateriolitis “onion-skinning”
What does fibrinoid necrosis look like
vessel walls appear eosinophilic, granular
- stain positive for fibrin
What happens to the glomeruli in malignant nephrosclerosis
glomerulitis with neutrophils and necrosis
What is renal artery stenosis
- unilateral constriction decreases circulation/blood pressure
What is triggered by renal artery stenosis
RAAS system
What are 3 different ways renal artery stenosis can present itself
- atherosclerosis plaque occlusion
- Fibromuscular dysplasia of renal artery
- Ischemic kidney
Who is likely to get fibromusclar dysplasia of renal artery
women
3rd and 4th decades