1. Crystals in podocytes: an unusual manifestation of systemic disease
Jolanta Kowalewska, MD, Robert C Tomford, MD, Charles E Alpers, MD 
American Journal of Kidney Diseases 
Volume 42, Issue 3, Pages (September 2003)
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2. Fig 1
Representative glomerulus with plump epithelialcells containing intracytoplasmic crystalline inclusions. (Methenamine silver—periodic acid-Schiff [Jones] stain; original magnification ×1,000.)
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3. Fig 2
Accumulations of crystalline material within renal interstitial cells. (Methylene blue epon section; original magnification ×400.)
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4. Fig 3
Perirenal connective tissue infiltrated by crystal-containing mononuclear cells. (Methylene blue epon section; original magnification ×400.)
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5. Fig 4
Electron micrograph shows glomerular visceral epithelial cells containing abundant rectangular and rod-shaped crystalline inclusions. (Original magnification ×2,400.)
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6. Fig 5
High-magnification electron micrograph shows a podocyte containing crystalline inclusions. (Original magnification ×12,000.)
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7. Fig 6
Immunohistochemistry staining for κ light chains shows positivity in the distribution of crystals within the cytoplasm of renal interstitial cells. There was no comparable staining for λ light chains on a sequential tissue section. (Original magnification ×200.)
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8. Fig 7
Immunohistochemistry staining for CD68 shows reactivity of the crystal-containing renal interstitial cells. (Original magnification ×200.)
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