PART 13: Disorders of the Kidney and Urinary Tract
286 Vascular Injury to the Kidney
 | Figure 286-1 Examples of micro-CT images from vessels defined by radiopaque casts injected into the renal vasculature. These illustrate the complex, dense cortical capillary network supplying the kidney cortex that can either proliferate or succumb to rarefaction under the influence of atherosclerosis and/or occlusive disease. Changes in... |
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 | Figure 286-2 A. CT angiogram illustrating loss of circulation to the upper pole of the right kidney in a patient with fibromuscular disease and a renal artery aneurysm. Activation of the renin-angiotensin system produced rapidly developing hypertension. B.... |
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