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Renal biopsy findings. Glomeruli exhibit diffuse nodular mesangial sclerosis and thickened glomerular basement membranes: (a, c) periodic acid Schiff stain, 400x and (b, d) Jones' silver stain, 400x. Arteries exhibit mild subintimal edema and arterioles exhibit severe intimal hyalinosis with occasional foam cell accumulation. (e) Electron micrograph of the nodular glomerulosclerosis. Rare subendothelial lucency with thin strip of subendothelial neomembrane was present (arrow) and was associated with mild endothelial cell swelling.
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A renal biopsy was obtained after the patient's blood urea nitrogen levels and blood pressure were stabilized, and the results are displayed (Figure 1).