Drug Induced Changes

Drug Induced Changes
Figure 1. This arteriole in a renal allograft biopsy shows nuclear pyknosis, myocyte atrophy and fine vacuolization. Both tacrolimus and cyclosporine can cause such microvascular injury, which clinically responds to reduction of the drug dosage.


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