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Explain of Cardiovascular Pathology

19.Cholesterol emboli in kidney, medium power microscopic

Despite the frequency of aortic atherosclerosis, cholesterol emboli are rare, or at least insignficant most of the time. Seen here in a renal artery branch are cholesterol clefts of such an embolus. This patient had severe ulcerative, friable atheromatous plaques and had undergone angiography, which increases the risk for such emboli.

（本图片资料来源自美国犹他大学）