Difference between revisions of "Medical kidney diseases"

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===Glomeruli===
===Glomeruli===
#Mesangium
#Mesangium
#*Matrix should be: "1 cell thick" (expanded in diabetes mellitus).
#*Matrix should be: "one cell thick" (expanded in diabetes mellitus).
#*Cellularity of the mesangium - normal = '''upto 3 cells''' (don't count cell abutting the capillary lumen).
#*Cellularity of the mesangium - normal = '''upto 3 cells''' (don't count cell abutting the capillary lumen, don't count at the hilum).
#Capillary loops "open"
#Capillary loops "open"
#*Lumina patent? If ''not'' patent is it due to ''matrix'' or ''cells'' (endocapillary hypercellularity).
#*Lumina patent? If ''not'' patent is it due to ''matrix'' or ''cells'' (endocapillary hypercellularity).