This high power photomicrograph of a medium sized artery in a patient with severe hypertension depicts a serious condition that is known by which one of the following words or phrases?

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Patients with extremely high blood pressure have characteristic vascular changes,often described as "onion skin",which results from intimal proliferation and medial hypertrophy.The blood pressure in patients with so-called malignant hypertension must be rapidly brought under control,to prevent the rupture of blood vessels in the brain.

This High Power Photomicrograph of a Medium Sized Artery in a Patient