Glomerular lipidosis in the dog.
With both light-microscopy and electron-microscopy, glomerular lipidosis in the dog appears in two forms which can freely pass into each other: 1. A nodular non-compressing form, and 2. and expansive compressing form. The focal areas are completely surrounded by a basal membrane. The covering podocytes are basically unchanged. The primary site of lipid deposition is the mesangial cell, not the endothelial cell.
D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005487:Foam Cells / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009402:Nephrosis, Lipoid / Q000473:pathology*