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case_images: Abdominal computerized tomography images showing (a) left renal agenesis and (b) right renal atrophy.
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case_images: Abdominal computerized tomography (CT) imaging confirmed left renal agenesis and right renal atrophy (Figure 1).
case_images: Chest computerized tomography images showing (a) right pneumothorax, (b) lymphadenectasis in the left axilla, and (c) lymphadenectasis in the mediastinum.
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case_images: An increased number of enlarged lymph nodes were also observed in the left axilla and mediastinum (Figure 2).
case_images: Left kidney tissue sections from the patient showing (pathological HE staining scale bar: 200 microm): (a) noncaseating granulomas (indicated using arrows) and (b) biopsy-based infiltration of mixed inflammatory cells and thickening of the walls of small renal blood vessels (indicated using arrows).
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case_images: The histological results showed the infiltration of a large number of mixed inflammatory cells into the renal interstitium, the presence of noncaseating granulomas in the focal areas, and thickening of the walls of the glomerular capsules as well as small renal blood vessels (Figure 3).