Anatomo-clinical Study of the Adrenals in Nephrosclerosis

Abstract

The inter-relation of the adrenal gland and the kidney can be really demonstrated when these two glands, or one of them, show pathological alterations. In cases of nephrosclerosis, the adrenal gland shows notorious modifications in its structure, even if clinical studies through biological analysis of the secretions (blood and urine) would not show great alterations. We can find very important morphological alterations of the glomerular layer in the cortical zone and of all the medullar zone structure. The unilateral adrenalectomy improves the clinical state of the patient in many of these cases of nephrosclerosis.