Nephrosclerosis

Nephrosclerosis •The photograph shows the gross appearance of scarring of the kidney (nephrosclerosis). •Most of the cortical surface shows a fine granularity (arrowhead). Normal kidney surface by comparison would show a smooth surface. •Other areas of the surface show more signicant loss of renal cortical parenchyma (arrow). These areas are larger and the depressions are deeper. •The kidney is from a patient with scleroderma. (Description By:H. Yamase, M.D. ) (Image Contrib. by: UCHC )