Vacuolated uroepithelial cells

Urine showing vacuolated urinary epithelial cells (oval fat bodies) in a Fabry patient (Papanicolaou stain, original magnification X160).

Reproduced with permission from: Branton MH, Schiffmann R, Sabnis SG, et al. Natural history of Fabry renal disease: influence of alpha-galactosidase A activity and genetic mutations on clinical course. Medicine 2002; 81:122. Copyright © 2002 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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