A 42-Year-Old Man Is Brought to the Emergency Department 1

question 569

Multiple Choice

A 42-year-old man is brought to the emergency department 1 hour after the onset of severe headache, nausea, vomiting, and confusion.  The patient has primary (essential) hypertension and chronic kidney disease; he has been prescribed 2 antihypertensive agents but has been noncompliant with therapy.  Temperature is 36.8 C (98.2 F) , blood pressure is 240/150 mm Hg, heart rate is 90/min, and respirations are 20/min.  Ophthalmologic examination shows bilateral papilledema.  The lungs are clear to auscultation.  Cardiac examination reveals an S4 and no murmurs.  Laboratory results are as follows: If renal biopsy is performed in this patient, which of the following pathologic findings is most likely to be found?

• A)Fibrinoid necrosis of small arteriolar walls
• B)Focal global glomerulosclerosis
• C)Granulomatous inflammation of the media
• D)Homogenous acellular thickening of arteriolar walls
• E)Interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy

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