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Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis is a disease in which there is fibrosis of part of the glomerular tuft with only a proportion of the glomeruli affected. Within the affected segment there is obliteration of the capillary spaces, extracellular matrix accumulation and sometimes the presence of foamy macrophages.