1999
DOI: 10.1007/s101570050024
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Cyclosporine A-Mediated renal lesion in a child with intractable proteinuria

Abstract: The histopathological observation of an 8-year-old boy who received cyclosporine A (CyA) for the treatment of persistent proteinuria is presented. In the renal biopsy specimen, typical CyA cytotoxic changes, such as juxtaglomerular apparatus hyperplasia and arteriolar hyalinosis, were observed. Electron microscopically, tubular epithelial cells and arteriolar smooth muscle cells were observed to have enlarged lysosomes, fine vacuoles, and/or enlargement and intracristal swelling of mitochondria. In the area of… Show more

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