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Case Reports
. 2018 Jul 21;3(6):1482-1488.
doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2018.07.014. eCollection 2018 Nov.

Hypokalemic Nephropathy

Hima Bindu Yalamanchili  1   2   3 , Sumeyye Calp-Inal  1   2   3 , Xin J Zhou  4 , Devasmita Choudhury  1   2   3   5
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Hypokalemic Nephropathy

Hima Bindu Yalamanchili et al. Kidney Int Rep. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Light microscopy image of a kidney biopsy specimen in a patient with hypokalemia showing extensive vacuolization of the proximal tubules with acute tubular injury. Hematoxylin and eosin, original magnification ×200.
Figure 2
Figure 2
High-magnification image of a kidney biopsy specimen in the same patient showing irregular large intracytoplasmic vacuoles and tubular degeneration. Hematoxylin and eosin, original magnification ×400.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Light microscopy (trichrome-stained) image of a kidney biopsy specimen in the same patient showing sclerotic glomeruli and moderate interstitial fibrosis. Original magnification ×100.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Electron microscopy image of a kidney biopsy specimen in the same patient showing lysosomal vacuoles (arrows) with a typical vacuolar membrane and electron lucent contents in the proximal and distal tubules. Original magnification ×4000.
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