Canine Leishmaniasis in Morocco: A Descriptive Prospective Clinical Study

Figure 6

Histologic sections of the kidney of a Leishmania-positive dog with suspected membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis. (a) Mild interstitial fibrosis (arrowhead), as well as infiltration by mononuclear cells (arrow). Lumen of renal tubules filled with eosinophilic proteinaceous casts (asterisk), H&E, bar = 200 µm. (b) Hypercellular glomerulus (asterisk), thickening of glomerular basement membrane (arrow), fibrotic outer Bowman’s capsule (arrowhead), H&E, bar = 70 µm. (c) Margins of a renal infarct (asterisk). Coagulative necrosis of tubules (arrows) and glomeruli (asterisk), H&E, bar = 200 µm.

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