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Scanning EM of a Proteinuric Glomerulus
This eyeSCANdy image shows scanning EM of a proteinuric glomerulus with capillary loop showing widening and partial loss of interdigitating…
Art of Medicine: Minimal Change Disease
The above painting shows podocytes with foot processes extending along the glomerular basement membrane of neighboring capillary loops. Effacement of…
Twitter Poll (January 23, 2019)
ANSWER: A Although glomerular disease in patients with CLL/SLL is less common, the most frequent patterns of glomerular injury seen…
Art of Medicine: Membranous Glomerulopathy
The painting above depicts membranous glomerulopathy. A single glomerular capillary loop with confluent subepithelial and intramembranous electron dense deposits along…
FSGS Types
The 3 main FSGS Types Are there clues to help distinguish among primary, genetic, and secondary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)…
Twitter Poll (March 14, 2018)
ANSWER: D FSGS secondary to adaptive changes usually present with glomerular hypertrophy (glomerulomegaly), perihilar distribution of sclerosis with hyaline deposits,…
Foot Process Effacement and Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
Knowing whether a patient has clinical nephrotic syndrome and knowing the degree of podocyte foot process effacement can be helpful…
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…
Diffuse Mesangial Hypercellularity
This biopsy is from a previously healthy 3 year old female, who presented with sudden onset nephrotic syndrome, hypertension and…
