Light microscopy findings in endocarditis-associated glomerulonephritis
Light microscopy findings in endocarditis-associated glomerulonephritis
(A) Cellular crescents with necrotizing foci (Jones methenamine silver; original magnification 400x). (B) Segmental cellular crescent with no underlying proliferation (periodic acid-Schiff; original magnification 400x). (C) Diffuse crescentic glomerulonephritis (Jones methenamine silver; original magnification 400x). (D) Acute focal proliferative glomerulonephritis (hematoxylin and eosin; original magnification 400x). (E) Diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis (periodic acid-Schiff; original magnification 400x). (F) Mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis (periodic acid-Schiff; original magnification 400x).
Reproduced from: Boils CL, Nasr SH, Walker PD, et al. Update on endocarditis-associated glomerulonephritis. Kidney Int 2015; 87:1241. Illustration used with the permission of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.