Ask-Up·mark kidney ( sk  pmärk)n. A kidney disorder characterized by renal hypoplasia with decreased lobules and deep transverse grooving of the cortical surfaces of the organ. |
Ask-Upmark kidney,
a hypoplastic kidney with fewer lobules than usual and fissures on its surface; most affected persons have severe hypertension, sometimes with hypertensive encephalopathy and retinopathy. The condition may be either congenital or a result of vesicoureteral reflux with pyelonephritis.
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