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Fig. 2 | BMC Nephrology

Fig. 2

From: Nephrotic syndrome due to preeclampsia before 20 weeks of gestation: a case report

Fig. 2

Light microscopy (periodic acid–methenamine silver stain) of the kidney biopsy. a In the intracapillary lumina with prominently swollen glomerular endothelial cells, glomerular basement membranes show splitting. b This glomerulus is collapsing, with foam cells in the tubular pole lumen and massive hyaline degeneration of podocytes. c Severe subendothelial fibrinoid deposits. d Swelling is also observed in the endothelial cells of the interlobular arteries

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