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(28 Results)Disintegrating Capillary Loop Riddled with Microperformations
This acellular scanning EM shows disintegrating capillary loop riddled with microperformations in a patient with crescentic glomerulonephritis. Photo credits to…
Diagnose This (February 21, 2022)
In a patient with AKI and hematuria, what is your diagnosis? …
Diagnose This (February 14, 2022)
In a 25yo with sepsis post-cholecystectomy and C. diff colitis, what is your diagnosis? …
Diagnose This (January 24, 2022)
In a patient with RPGN and this morphological finding on biopsy, what is the most likely diagnosis? …
Glomerulus Showing Fibrocellular Crescent
Todays eyeSCANdy image shows acellular scanning EM with a glomerulus showing a fibrocellular crescent (bottom). Photo credits to Dr. Stephen…
Glomerulus Obliterated By A Fibrous Crescent
This EM image shows a glomerulus obliterated by a fibrous crescent Photo credits to Dr. Stephen Bonsib!
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…
Diagnose This (June 24, 2019)
Immunofluorescence shows C3 (2-3+), IgM (1+), kappa (trace) and lambda (trace). What is your diagnosis? …
KDIGO Connections: ANCA Refactory
How do you manage your patients who have refractory ANCA-related glomerulonephritis?
Art of Medicine: ANCA-Associated Glomerulonephritis
The painting above shows a crescentic glomerulonephritis and necrotizing arteritis. A mixed interstitial inflammatory infiltrate is shown in the top…
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…
Diagnose This (January 21, 2019)
A limited sample showed this lesion and negative staining on paraffin-retrieved IF tissue. What is your diagnosis? …
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…
Diagnose This (December 3, 2018)
What is your diagnosis? What would you want to confirm your diagnosis? …
Diagnose This (August 20, 2018)
What is your presumed diagnosis in the absence of immunofluorescence and electron microscopy? …