Fig. 1From: Is podocytopathy another image of renal affection in p-SLE?(LM and EM renal biopsy of p-SLE female patient aged 15y presented with massive edema and nephrotic range proteinuria after 2 months of disease diagnosis). a LM (H&E), there is no mesangial thickening, normal basement membrane, no hypercellualrity. b LM (silver stain) does not show any spikes or vacuolization (no active or chronic. glomerular lesions of lupus nephritis).c EM (Mag × 2500) shows diffuse effaced podocytes (black arrows) without any immunological depositsBack to article page