Hyaline arteriolosclerosis (Benign nephrosclerosis)

Hyaline arteriolosclerosis

In benign 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 lumens. 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. (Hematoxylin-eosine, ob. x10)

Hyaline arteriolosclerosis

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Last updated : 01/30/2009