Light micrograph of transplant glomerulopathy shows a membranoproliferative pattern with capillary wall thickening and a double-contour appearance due to mesangial interposition (arrow).
Courtesy of Helmut Rennke, MD.
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Normal glomerulus
Light micrograph of a normal glomerulus. There are only one or two cells per capillary tuft, the capillary lumens are open, the thickness of the glomerular capillary wall (long arrow) is similar to that of the tubular basement membranes (short arrow), and the mesangial cells and mesangial matrix are located in the central or stalk regions of the tuft (arrows).