Glomerular lipidosis in a Syrian hamster of the APA strain.
Spontaneous glomerular lipidosis was found in a 12-week-old male Syrian hamster of the APA strain. Lipids in the glomeruli were observed as droplets in a prominently expanded mesangial area and as emboli in a dilated capillary lumen. Lipid deposition was also, but less often, detected in tubular epithelial cells and interstitial cells around the lipid-laden glomeruli. This case of glomerular lipidosis was considered to be closely related to hyperglycaemia and hyperlipidaemia.
Norimatsu
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M
Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Doi
K
K
Itagaki
S
S
Honjo
K
K
Mitsuoka
T
T
D000818:Animals; D006224:Cricetinae; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008064:Lipidoses / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D008647:Mesocricetus; D009928:Organ Specificity