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The two kidneys in this slide are from the same patient. One kidney (1) is relatively normal, although increased in size due to compensatory hypertrophy. The other kidney (2) is very small with only rudimentary nodules of renal parenchyma. This kidney ...
The two kidneys in this slide are from the same patient. One kidney (1) is relatively normal, although increased in size due to compensatory hypertrophy. The other kidney (2) is very small with only rudimentary nodules of renal parenchyma. This kidney had never developed and therefore this process represents hypoplasia. How does one differentiate between atrophy and hypoplasia?