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Overview of the renal biopsy showing slight increase of mesangial material and interstitial calcium deposits (HE stain, magnification 125x).
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The biopsy specimen contained 9 glomeruli of which 2 were totally sclerosed (Fig. 1). Areas of fibrosis and calcifications together with lymphocytic infiltration were observed in the interstitium (Figs. 1 and 2).
Glomeruli with increased mesangial material and calcification outside glomerular capsule (HE stain, magnification 250x).
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Hyaline sclerosis was observed in the wall of small pre-glomerular arterioles (Fig. 2). Areas of fibrosis and calcifications together with lymphocytic infiltration were observed in the interstitium (Figs. 1 and 2).