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NPHP1-related nephronophthisis
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Diagnose This (September 19, 2022)

In a 26-year-old obese Black female with no significant PMH and elevated creatinine, what is your top diagnosis?    …

sickled cell within a glomerular capillary
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Diagnose This (June 14, 2021)

What would be your diagnosis for these findings in a 30-year-old African American male with CKD stage III and proteinuria?…

glomerulomegaly, arkana laboratories, renal pathology, diagnose this, kidney pathology
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Diagnose This (November 16, 2020)

  What conditions would be in your differential diagnosis for this finding? (Hint: large glomerulus)   …


FSGS Secondary
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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,…

By Vanessa Moreno, MD
Glomerulomegaly in renal biopsy
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Glomerulomegaly

This biopsy was performed on a 26 year old muscular male with history of persistent subnephrotic proteinuria (UPCR = 2.3…

Glomerulomegaly
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Glomerulomegaly

This glomerulus is large! Glomerular enlargement, or glomerulomegaly, may be diagnosed when a glomerulus sectioned through the hilum fills greater…


Obesity-Related Glomerulopathy
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Obesity-Related Glomerulopathy

This biopsy is from a 61 year-old, morbidly obese patient, who presents with 6 month history of persistent proteinuria (UPCR:…