Most characteristic feature of diabetic nephropathy:
Features of diabetic nephropathy are: - Glomerular lesions like Capillary basement membrane thickening - Earliest & most common change in DM Diffuse mesangial sclerosis - presents as nephrotic syndrome in severe cases Nodular glomerulosclerosis aka Kimmelstiel-Wilson lesion - Pathognomonic of diabetes -Renal vascular lesions, principally aeriolosclerosis -Pyelonephritis, including necrotizing papillitis.
Kimmelstein Wilson change
Armani Ebstein change
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
Membrano proliferative glomerulonephritis
Diabetes