Histopathological atlas of renal diseases: diabetic nephropathy.
Renal involvement in type 2 diabetes is a well known clinical occurrence. According to data from the literature, besides diabetic glomerulosclerosis, type 2 diabetic nephropathy may occur as a non specific chronic damage mostly related to vascular changes, or as a glomerular disease superimposed on or even unrelated to diabetic glomerulosclerosis. The most common picture remains in any case diabetic glomerulosclerosis (diabetic GS), that is characterized by variable degrees of mesangial sclerosis.
Ferrario
Franco
F
Renal Immunopathology Center, S. Carlo Borromeo Hospital and Nuova Nefrologia Research Association, Milan, Italy. franco.ferrario@osch.simed.net
Rastaldi
Maria Pia
MP
D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D050533:Glomerular Basement Membrane / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D008488:Medical Illustration