[Value of puncture biopsy of the kidneys on the side of the stenosis in renovascular hypertension. I].

The morphological picture of bioptic renal tissue was studied in 23 patients with different forms of vasorenal hypertension, among whom 12 had fibromuscular dysplasia of the renal arteries, 8 had atherosclerotic stenosis, and 3 had panarteritis of the aorta and its branches with involvement of the renal arteries. The syndrome of malignant hypertension was encountered in 13 patients and stable arterial hypertension with high blood pressure levels in 10 patients. Analysis of the bioptic material allowed it to be divided into two groups: the 1st was marked by a picture of "Selye's kidney" and the 2nd by a combination of stenosis of the renal arteries and parenchymatous diseases of the kidneys. The significance of examining the morphological picture of renal bioptates, both with regard to the study of the pathogenesis of vasorenal hypertension and the diagnosis of concomitant parenchymatous process is shown.