title: [Three-dimensional microstructure and its significance of pseudotubular formation in the crescents of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis].
abstract: Tubuloid structure of the crescents in rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN) was studied in order to detect its morphological features and functional significance by using three-dimensional microstructure method. The results showed that the tubuloid structure was actually pseudotubular formation in the crescents. Their inner lumens were communicating between the Bowman's capsular space and lumens of the renal tubules. It indicated that pseudotubular formation in the crescents may play an important role in repairing the damaged structure of those injured glomeruli.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Norman Bethune University of Medical Sciences, Changchun.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000473:pathology*; D007684:Kidney Tubules / Q000473:pathology