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Alport Syndrome, Digging Deeper, Arkana laboratories, renal pathology, kidney pathology, nephropathology
Digging Deeper

Digging Deeper, or How We Never Quit

We received the biopsy from a 25-year-old female who presented for evaluation of nephrotic range proteinuria. Lab evaluation reveals a…

By Nidia Messias, MD
ANCA Disease, LECT2 Amyloid, IgG4-Related Disease, AL amyloidosis, ANCA, digging deeper, Dr. Messias, Arkana Laboratories, pathology diseases
Digging Deeper

Digging Deeper – Here, There, and Everywhere

This biopsy came from an elderly gentleman in his 80s, who presented with acute renal failure. His serum creatinine had…

By Nidia Messias, MD
ANCA Disease, LECT2 Amyloid, IgG4-Related Disease, AL amyloidosis, ANCA, digging deeper, Dr. Messias, Arkana Laboratories, pathology diseases
Digging Deeper

Step By Step

The biopsy is from a 65 year-old female who presented with acute renal failure and elevated creatinine up to 1.9…

By Nidia Messias, MD

ANCA Disease, LECT2 Amyloid, IgG4-Related Disease, AL amyloidosis, ANCA, digging deeper, Dr. Messias, Arkana Laboratories, pathology diseases
Digging Deeper

Not Quite Nodular

This biopsy came from a 70-year-old gentleman with acute renal failure. He had a known history of diabetes, hypertension, and…

By Nidia Messias, MD
ANCA Disease, LECT2 Amyloid, IgG4-Related Disease, AL amyloidosis, ANCA, digging deeper, Dr. Messias, Arkana Laboratories, pathology diseases
Digging Deeper

One little, two little, three little findings…

This biopsy came to us for evaluation of nephrotic syndrome. The patient is a Hispanic gentleman in his late 80s,…

By Nidia Messias, MD
ANCA Disease, LECT2 Amyloid, IgG4-Related Disease, AL amyloidosis, ANCA, digging deeper, Dr. Messias, Arkana Laboratories, pathology diseases
Digging Deeper

Digging Deeper, Literally

This biopsy came from a 79-year-old patient. He had presented with acute renal failure. His serum creatinine was up to…

By Nidia Messias, MD

ANCA Disease, LECT2 Amyloid, IgG4-Related Disease, AL amyloidosis, ANCA, digging deeper, Dr. Messias, Arkana Laboratories, pathology diseases
Digging Deeper

A Case of an Unlucky Strike

This biopsy was from a 57-year-old African American female patient. She presented with a gradual increase in serum creatinine over…

By Nidia Messias, MD
ANCA Disease, LECT2 Amyloid, IgG4-Related Disease, AL amyloidosis, ANCA, digging deeper, Dr. Messias, Arkana Laboratories, pathology diseases
Digging Deeper

Hidden Treasures

This biopsy came to us due to acute renal failure and proteinuria. The patient was a gentleman in his late…

By Nidia Messias, MD
ANCA Disease, LECT2 Amyloid, IgG4-Related Disease, AL amyloidosis, ANCA, digging deeper, Dr. Messias, Arkana Laboratories, pathology diseases
Digging Deeper

When Lightning Strikes Twice

This biopsy came to us for a workup on proteinuria. The patient is a 68-year-old female with a history of…

By Nidia Messias, MD