Wednesday, June 29, 2011


This is a different kind of arteriosclerosis. This is hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis, which most often appears in the kidney in patients with malignant hypertension. The arteriolar wall is markedly thickened and the lumen is narrowed.

Arteriosclerosis, or "hardening of the arteries" is a generic term that includes atherosclerosis, arteriolosclerosis, and medial calcific sclerosis.


http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/ATHHTML/ATH022.html

99 14 歲女孩出現惡性高血壓(200/130 mmHg),腹部影像學檢查顯示一腎上腺腫瘤,尿中兒茶酚

胺(catecholamine)以及血清腎素(serum renin)均升高。下列腎臟血管變化中,何者與此腫瘤有最

密切的關係?

 Hyaline arteriolosclerosis  Hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis

 Atherosclerosis  Thromboembolism


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