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Pathology of the patient’s kidney revealed segmental arterial mediolysis, which is characterized by patch, non-circumferential loss of the media (A) and the external elastic lamina (B). Weakening of the media is exacerbated by focal vacuolization of this layer (C). Inflammation has been described in this condition sporadically and was seen in this patient (D).
