The characteristic feature of benign nephrosclerosis is
Benign nephrosclerosis Malignant nephrosclerosisAge group Elderly Younger individuals Gross Grain leather appearance-Fine granularity over coical surfaceFlea bitten appearance-Pinpoint petechial hemorrhage over coical surfaceMicroscopyHyaline aeriosclerosis, subcapsular scars Fibrinoid necrosis and onion skinning appearance of aeriolesClinical features Mild proteinuria. GFR normal Renal failure, BP >200/120,papilloedema, retinal hemorrhages and encephalopathy (Ref: Robbins 8/e p949)
Leather grain appearance
Flea bitten kidney
Onion skin appearance
Hyperplastic aeriosclerosis
Urinary tract