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Advanced arteriosclerosis in a renal radial artery in an elderly subject with longstanding benign hypertension. The intima is grossly thickened by excess matrix proteins including collagen and elastic tissue. There has been almost complete loss of the medial smooth muscle, presumably due to atrophy.