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. 2013 Aug;6(4):426-428.
doi: 10.1093/ckj/sft056.

Renal sclerosing peritubular nodule-how rare is it?

Sajan Thomas  1 , Carl Pahoff  2 , Kelly McClymont  3 , Alan Parnham  2
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Renal sclerosing peritubular nodule-how rare is it?

Sajan Thomas et al. Clin Kidney J. 2013 Aug.
No abstract available

Keywords: failure; neurofibromatosis type 2; renal; renal sclerosing peritubular nodule.

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Figures

Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
Masson trichrome; ×40 original magnification (scanning magnification); collagenous nodules stains blue.
Fig. 2.
Fig. 2.
(a) H and E; ×100 original magnification (medium power); eosinophilic, clefted nodules. (b) PAS; ×100 original magnification (medium power); PAS negative nodules. (c) PASM; ×100 original magnification (medium power); argyrophilic clefted nodules.
Fig. 3.
Fig. 3.
Masson trichrome; ×200 original magnification (high magnification); collagenous nodule. H and E; ×200 original magnification (high magnification); scattered eosinophilic, clefted nodules, varying in size.
Fig. 4.
Fig. 4.
PASM; ×200 original magnification (high magnification); argyrophilic clefted nodule at high power; note the absence of a glomerular tuft, helping to distinguish the lesion from an obsolescent sclerosed gomerulus.
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