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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Esp Urol. 2017 Jan;70(1):12–27.

Figure 9.

Figure 9

Papillary tip of a rat with hyperoxaluria. A). Light microscopic appearance of a longitudinal section showing birefringent CaOx monohydrate crystals plugging the collecting ducts (CD). B). Scanning microscopy of the papillary tip. Surface epithelium (PE) is eroding exposing CaOx deposit (S) plugging the ducts of Bellini. Openings of the ducts appear impaired.