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AA Amyloidosis, glomerular crescent
Renal Review

Case 2: A Crescentic Conundrum

The patient is a 75-year-old female with a history of hypertension who presents with acute kidney injury. Her serum creatinine…

Disintegrating Capillary Loop
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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…

ANCA-associated vasculitis
Diagnose This!

Diagnose This (January 24, 2022)

In a patient with RPGN and this morphological finding on biopsy, what is the most likely diagnosis? …


Linear GBM Poll
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Twitter Poll (April 28, 2021)

Answer: A, Linear GBM   Anti-GBM disease is classically characterized by bright linear staining with IgG by immunofluorescence. By light…

Anti-GBM disease, twitter poll, arkana laboratories
Twitter Poll

Twitter Poll (December 11, 2019)

Answer: D, All of the Above Anti-GBM disease presents with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (GN) with or without pulmonary hemorrhage. On…

By Vanessa Moreno, MD
Anti-GBM in renal biopsy at Arkana Laboratories
Twitter Poll

Twitter Poll (August 22, 2018)

ANSWER: D Anti-GBM disease is a rare small vessel vasculitis that affects glomerular and pulmonary capillaries. The majority of patients…

By Vanessa Moreno, MD

ANCA-Associated GN
Twitter Poll

Twitter Poll (February 21, 2018)

ANSWER: D ANCA-associated GN and anti-GBM GN are the most common causes of pulmonary-renal syndrome accounting for about 90% of…

By Vanessa Moreno, MD
Approximately 25-30% of the patients with anti-GBM crescentic glomerulonephritis are ANCA positive
Twitter Poll

Twitter Poll (February 1, 2018)

ANSWER: C Approximately 25-30% of the patients with anti-GBM crescentic glomerulonephritis are ANCA positive, usually for MPO-ANCA.

By Vanessa Moreno, MD
Anti-GBM Glomerulonephritis
Twitter Poll

Twitter Poll (November 8, 2017)

ANSWER: B The characteristic immunofluorescence staining on Anti-GBM Glomerulonephritis is strong and linear IgG along glomerular basement membranes.

By Vanessa Moreno, MD

anti GBM disease
Teaching Points

Anti GBM Disease

This biopsy from an 80-year-old male with acute kidney injury shows glomeruli with frequent rupture of the capillary loops and…

Anti-GBM (Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane)
Teaching Points

Anti-GBM

A 19-year-old Caucasian male patient presented with acute renal failure. Serum creatinine was 4.9 mg/dL and he had hematuria and…

Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease
Pushing Glass

Pushing Glass (March 14, 2017)

The patient is a 61-year-old female who presents with hematuria and a creatinine of 6.23 mg/dL (baseline creatinine of 1.17…

Michael Kuperman, MD renal pathologist at arkana laboratories
By Michael Kuperman, MD