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A 45-Year-Old Man Presents with Nephrolithiasis or Kidney Stones

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A 45-year-old man presents with nephrolithiasis or kidney stones. The process of calcium oxalate stone formation as seen in this patient begins with Randall plaques found in the basement membranes of which one of the following structures found only in the renal medulla?


A) Proximal convoluted tubules
B) Distal convoluted tubules
C) Thin loops of Henle
D) Afferent arterioles
E) Collecting ducts

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