World Journal of Nephrology and Urology, ISSN 1927-1239 print, 1927-1247 online, Open Access
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Case Report

Volume 3, Number 4, December 2014, pages 157-161

Recurrent Hepatitis C-Related Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis in a Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant Recipient With Atypical Presentation and Clinical Course

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Pre-transplant native renal biopsy. (A) Glomerulus exhibiting endocapillary cellular proliferation obliterating capillary loops (× 400). Hematoxylin & eosin. (B) Glomerulus demonstrating basement membrane double contours (× 600). Jones silver stain. (C) Electron microscopy of glomerulus with cellular obliteration of capillary loops and many electron dense deposits (× 1,800). (D) Electron microscopy of capillary loop with large electron dense deposits (× 7,100).
Figure 2.
Figure 2. (A) Glomerulus exhibiting many prominent (red) cryoglobulin deposits in capillary loops (× 400). Trichrome stain. (B) Glomerulus exhibiting basement membrane double contours (× 400). Jones silver stain. (C) Electron microscopy of a glomerular capillary loops obliterated by cells and cryoglobulin deposits (× 7,100). (D) Electron microscopy of cryoglobulin deposits demonstrating tubular structure (× 89,000).