Randall’s plaque of patients with nephrolithiasis begins in basement membranes of thin loops of Henle
J. Clin. Invest. Andrew P. Evan, et al. 111:607 doi:10.1172/JCI17038 [Go to this article.]

Figure 5
Initial sites of crystal deposition. This set of illustrations shows the initial sites and size of calcium deposition in the papillary tissue of a CaOx patient as seen by light (a and b) and transmission electron (c and d) microscopy. Sites of crystalline material (arrows) are noted in the basement membranes, near the collagen of the thin loops of Henle (a–c), and to a lesser degree in the basement membranes of vasa recta (d). Magnification, ×900 (a); ×1,000 (b); ×15,600 (c); ×5,500 (d).