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Case Reports
. 2025 Sep 15;12(4):100218.
doi: 10.1016/j.acpath.2025.100218. eCollection 2025 Oct-Dec.

Educational Case: Diabetic nephropathy

Emily W Gripp  1 , Joanna Sy Chan  2
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Case Reports

Educational Case: Diabetic nephropathy

Emily W Gripp et al. Acad Pathol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Diabetic nephropathy; Glomerular disorders; Hemoglobin A1C; Kidney; Laboratory tests; Organ system pathology; Pathology competencies; Proteinuria.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Renal biopsy from a patient with early diabetic nephropathy, showing two glomeruli with diffuse mesangial expansion (arrows) without nodular sclerosis. Periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) stain, 40x magnification. This image is reproduced with permission from its creator, Dr. Steven P. Salvatore at Weill Cornell Medicine.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
A. Renal biopsy from the patient showing globally sclerosed glomeruli (arrows), Kimmelstiel–Wilson nodules (arrowhead). Hematoxylin and eosin stain, 10x magnification; B. Renal biopsy from the patient showing Kimmelstiel–Wilson nodules (arrow). Hematoxylin and eosin stain, 20x magnification.
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