Table 3.

Presence of oxalate crystals in different organs of the autopsy case (patient 11), NAD = (no appreciable disease), + +  = high, +  = modest, (+) = low.

Organ	Histology	Oxalate crystals
Kidney	Progressive glomerulonecrosis, tubule atrophy, interstitial fibrosis	++
Skin (leg)	Superinfected gangrene with attendant venous thrombosis, vasal lumen occluded by crystals	+ +
Liver	Cirrhosis	+
Bone marrow	Local fibrosis, resorbing reaction with foam cells	+
Myocardium	Interstitial fibrosis, hypertrophy of cardiomyocytes	+
Lung	Relapsing pulmonary embolism in small arterys without pulmonary infarction	(+)
Spleen	N. A. D	(+)
Pancreas	N. A. D	(+)
Lymph node	N. A. D	(+)
Artery, elastic type	N. A. D	(+)
Thyroid gland	N. A. D	(+)