intercapillary glomerulosclerosis

intercapillary glomerulosclerosis
a degenerative complication of diabetes mellitus in which there is glomerular mesangial expansion with either diffuse or nodular lesions; the nodular lesions are known as Kimmelstiel-Wilson lesions. Symptoms include albuminuria, nephrotic edema, hypertension, renal insufficiency, and retinopathy. Called also diabetic g. The type with nodular lesions is also called Kimmelstiel-Wilson syndrome.

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