Hypertensive nephropathy 1626259 221100195 2008-06-23T01:33:58Z DOI bot 6652755 Citation maintenance. Initiated by [[User:Fconaway|Fconaway]]. You can [[WP:DOI|use this bot]] yourself! Please [[User:DOI_bot/bugs|report any bugs]]. {{DiseaseDisorder infobox | Name = Hypertensive nephropathy | ICD10 = {{ICD10|I|12||i|10}} | ICD9 = {{ICD9|403}} | }} '''Hypertensive nephropathy''' (or "hypertensive nephrosclerosis", or "Hypertensive renal disease") is a medical condition referring to damage to the [[kidney]] due to chronic [[high blood pressure]]. It should be distinguished from "[[renovascular hypertension]]" (I15.0), which is a form of [[secondary hypertension]]. In the kidneys, as a result of ''benign [[arterial hypertension]]'', [[hyaline]] (pink, amorphous, homogeneous material) accumulates in the wall of small arteries and arterioles, producing the thickening of their walls and the narrowing of the [[Lumen (anatomy)|lumen]]s — hyaline [[arteriolosclerosis]]. Consequent [[ischemia]] will produce [[tubular atrophy]], [[interstitial fibrosis]], glomerular alterations (smaller [[glomeruli]] with different degrees of hyalinization - from mild to sclerosis of glomeruli) and periglomerular fibrosis. In advanced stages, [[renal failure]] will occur. Functional nephrons have dilated tubules, often with hyaline [[urinary casts|casts]] in the lumens. ==See also== * [[Nephropathy]] ==External links== *[http://www.pathologyatlas.ro/Nephroangiosclerosis.html Photo at Atlas of Pathology] *{{cite journal |author=Tylicki L, Rutkowski B |title=[Hypertensive nephropathy: pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment] |language=Polish |journal=Pol. Merkur. Lekarski |volume=14 |issue=80 |pages=168–73 |year=2003 |pmid=12728683 |doi=}} *[http://ndt.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/15/10/1515 Oxford Journals] {{Vascular diseases}} [[Category:Kidney diseases]] [[Category:Blood pressure]] {{disease-stub}} [[de:Nephrosklerose]] [[es:Nefropatía hipertensiva]]