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Pediatric Nephrotic Syndrome, childhood nephrotic syndrome, CSA, CNI, juxtaglomerular apparatus
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Chronic Cyclosporine Toxicity in Pediatric Nephrotic Syndrome

This biopsy is from a 9-year-old boy who developed pediatric nephrotic syndrome in the first year of life and has…

Membranous Glomerulopathy Subtyping, Arkana Laboratories, Renal Pathology Teaching Points
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Membranous Glomerulopathy Subtyping

The diagnosis of membranous glomerulopathy has evolved rapidly in the past 10 years since the identification of PLA2R as the…

Endocarditis-Associated Glomerulonephritis, arkana laboratories, renal pathology teaching points
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Endocarditis-Associated Glomerulonephritis

The patient is a 45-year-old IV drug user who presents with fevers, chills, hematuria, and fatigue. On laboratory testing, he…


ALECT2 Amyloidosis, arkana laboratories, renal pathology
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ALECT2 Amyloidosis

The patient is a 75-year-old Hispanic male who presents with progressively worsening kidney function and a creatinine of 1.6 mg/dl…

Arkana Laboratories, renal pathology, Membranous Nephropathy
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Resolving Membranous Nephropathy

A 40-year-old white male presents with 3 grams/24 hr of proteinuria and swelling around his ankles. He reports that he…

Nucleated Red Blood, teaching point, arkana laboratories
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Nucleated Red Blood Cells in Circulation

The patient is a 70-year-old male who presents with a creatinine of 5 mg/dl and a history of primary myelofibrosis.…


HIVICK, arkana Laboratories, teaching point
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HIVICK

The patient is a 24 year-old African American male who has recently been diagnosed with HIV infection. He has not…

Methotrexate-induced acute kidney injury, Methotrexate-Induced Crystal Nephropathy, teaching points, Arkana Laboratories
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Methotrexate-Induced Crystal Nephropathy

The patient is a 50-year-old male who presents with a creatinine of 4.2 mg/dL (baseline 1.0 mg/dL). He has been…

BK Nephritis, renal biopsy, kidney pathology, arkana laboratories
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BK Nephritis

The patient is a 45-year-old male with a past medical history significant for ESKD secondary to IgA nephropathy S/P renal…


Type 1 Cryoglobulinemic Glomerulonephritis, arkana laboratories
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Type 1 Cryoglobulinemic Glomerulonephritis

The patient is a 75 year-old female who presents with proteinuria, a necrotic skin lesion on her lower extremity, and…

Membranous Lupus Nephritis, arkana laboratories, renal pathology, kidney biopsy
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Membranous Lupus Nephritis

The patient is a 19-year-old female who presents with hematuria, nephrotic range proteinuria, and a creatinine of 1.2 mg/dL. She…

Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia, arkana laboratories, teaching points for renal pathology, kidney biopsy
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Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia

A 57-year-old white male presents with fatigue, mild proteinuria, and a creatinine of 1.5 mg/dL. He was diagnosed with lymphoplasmacytic…


Kappa Light Chain Cast Nephropathy, teaching point, Arkana Laboratories, renal pathology
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Light Chain Cast Nephropathy

A 75-year-old female is found to have a creatinine of 4.0 mg/dL on a routine laboratory examination. At the hospital,…

Membranous Nephropathy, renal diseases, kidney biopsy, arkana laboratories
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Membranous Nephropathy After Transplantation

The biopsy shows a recurrent membranous nephropathy within a transplant. Figure 1 shows “spikes” and “holes.” Figure 2 shows mild…

focal fibrinoid necrosis, IgA, Crescentic IgA Nephropathy, chronic kidney disease, Arkana Laboratories
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Crescentic IgA nephropathy

Focal crescentic IgA nephropathy The patient is a 17-year-old white female who presents with 2.85 grams/24 hr proteinuria, microscopic hematuria,…