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. 2020 Jul 13;31(9):1948–1958. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2020050699

Table 3.

Kidney pathology findings in COVID-19 and AKI

Patient No. Main Pathology Finding Glomeruli (Total/Globally Sclerosed) IFTA, % AAS Electron Microscopy
1 ATN and FSGS/healed collapse 29/4 30 Severe Moderate segmental effacement of podocyte foot processes
2 ATN with myoglobin cast nephropathy 2/1 20 Moderate No significant findings
3 ATN 3/1 15 Severe No significant findings
4 ATN 8/3 15 Mild No significant findings
5 ATN and early nodular GS 31/9 20 Moderate Mesangial expansion, thick GBMs
6 ATN and TMA 1/0 Mild Moderate Fibrin thrombi, subendothelial widening, endothelial injury
7 Cortical necrosis and TMA 22/0 10 Severe Fibrin thrombi, subendothelial widening, endothelial injury
8 Crescentic GN and ATN 9/0 10 Mild Subendothelial widening, endothelial injury
9 ATN on advanced chronic changes 17/12 50 Severe Thin GBMs (221 nm)
10 ATN on advanced chronic changes 14/10 50 Moderate Subendothelial widening, endothelial injury

IFTA, interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy; AAS, arterial and arteriolar sclerosis; GS, glomerulosclerosis; GBM, glomerular basement membrane.