Megakaryocytes in renal glomeruli.
Reported are 27 autopsies with significant increases in the numbers of megakaryocytes within the renal glomerular capillary network (P less than 0.001). These were selected from 118 cases in which peripheral vascular megakaryocytosis could be expected preterminally. Generally, the histologically observed increases in numbers of renal megakaryocytes corresponded to increases in the pulmonary microcirculation and in the bone marrow. An exception to the latter was noted in patients who had morphologic evidence of coagulopathy without sepsis.
D000818:Animals; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000401:mortality; D002452:Cell Count; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000473:pathology*; D008168:Lung / Q000502:physiology; D008317:Malpighian Tubules / Q000473:pathology; D008533:Megakaryocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000401:mortality