Teaching Case Ciliated Renal Tubular Cells in Crescentic Glomerulonephritis |
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| Authors: | Medhat O. Hassan Suja Subramanyan |
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| Affiliation: | a Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
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| Abstract: | Numerous cilia were found in the proximal convoluted tubules from a case of crescentic glomerulonephritis. The cilia exhibited the 9 + 2 pattern of organization characteristic of motile cilia. Microvilli were scanty or absent in heavily ciliated cells. The significance of renal cilia is discussed. |
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| Keywords: | cilia electron microscopy renal tubules |
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