In the kidney accumulation of glycosphingolipids appear in the sequence in endothelial and epithelial cells of the glomerulus and of Bowman's space, epithelium of the loops of Henle and in distal tubules till proximal tubules, interstitial histiocytes and fibrocytes. Lipid-laden distal tubular epithelial cells desquamate and may be detected in the urinary sediment.