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{{Main|Medical kidney diseases}}
{{Main|Medical kidney diseases}}
*Both AL and AA amyloidosis can affect the kidney.<ref name=pmid18175051/>
*Both AL and AA amyloidosis can affect the kidney.<ref name=pmid18175051/>
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Paucicellular mesangial expansion.
*Fluffy hyaline material in medium-sized blood vessels.
<!-- ??? Location: between ''internal elastic lamina'' and ''tunica media'' smooth muscle. -->
DDx:
*[[Diabetic nephropathy]].
*[[Idiopathic nodular glomerulosclerosis]].
*[[Light chain deposition disease]].
*[[Fibrillary glomerulopathy]].
*[[Immunotactoid glomerulopathy]].


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