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illustration representing Diabetes Mellitus
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Diabetes Mellitus

What is diabetes mellitus? Diabetes mellitus, or simply diabetes, is a metabolic disease that results in high blood sugar, either…

Papillary Necrosis
Teaching Points

Papillary Necrosis

This kidney biopsy is from an elderly adult patient with acute renal failure and a history of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication…

Minimal Change Disease and New Onset DM Type I
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Minimal Change Disease and New Onset DM Type I

AN ODD COINCIDENCE? OR ARE THEY RELATED? This biopsy is from a teenager who had a viral illness 6 weeks…

Patrick D. Walker, MD renal pathologist at arkana laboratories
By Patrick D. Walker, MD

Uric Acid Nephropathy
Pushing Glass

Pushing Glass (June 13, 2017)

A 69-year-old African American woman had a kidney biopsy due to CKD III-IV. Her medical history is significant for morbid…

By Md Shahrier Amin, MD
Eosinophil-Rich Inflammation in Diabetic Glomerulopathy
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Eosinophil-Rich Inflammation in Diabetic Glomerulopathy

These photomicrographs are from a patient with diabetic nephropathy as evidenced by the Kimmelstiel-Wilson nodules in the glomerulus present on…