Abstract:We report an autopsy case of polymyositis (PM) with unusual renal involvement representing malignant hypertension. The histopathological findings of the kidneys revealed marked onion-peel-like duplication of internal lamina and fibrous thickening of intima in the arteries. Arterioles showed hyalinous thickening of intima with marked luminal narrowing. In some glomeruli, fibrinoid necrosis of the capillary tuft were observed, and in these portions, afferent and efferent arterioles were also affected by the same… Show more
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