Utilisation of histochemical stains in the differential diagnosis of nodular glomerulosclerosis
| Disease | Special stains | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| PAS | Silver | Congo red | |
| DN, diabetic nephropathy; FG, fibrillar glomerulonephritis; FNG, fibronectin glomerulopathy; ING, idiopathic nodular glomerulosclerosis; ITG, immunotactoid glomerulopathy; MIDD, monoclonal immunoglobulin deposition disease; PAS, periodic acid Schiff. | |||
| DN | + | + | − |
| ING | + | + | − |
| Amyloid | − | − | + |
| MIDD | + | − | − |
| FG and ITG | +(weak) | + | − |
| FNG | + | − | − |