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Photomicrograph of a representative glomerulus from the renal biopsy. The glomerular basement membranes are thickened prominently and uniformly without evidence of cellular proliferation. Magnification, x40.
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The renal biopsy showed MN, with diffuse thickening of glomerular basement membranes with spikes on the epithelial side and interstitial fibrosis in about 20% of the cortical surface area (fig. 1).
Electron micrograph of a representative glomerulus from the renal biopsy. Subepithelial and intramembranous deposits are uniformly present throughout the glomerular basement membranes. Magnification, x2,700.
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Electron microscopy revealed subepithelial electron dense deposits uniformly distributed throughout the glomerular capillary walls (fig. 2).