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Case 1: A Focal Segmental Mystery
Clinical presentation: A 13-year-old male with no significant medical history presents with sudden onset nephrotic syndrome. His blood pressure is…
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Diagnose This (February 7, 2022)
In a patient with subnephrotic proteinuria, negative immunofluorescence, and segmental foot process effacement, what is your diagnosis? …
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Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)
What is focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)? Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (commonly abbreviated asFSGS) is a kidney disease. It is one of…
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Twitter Poll (August 5, 2020)
Answer: A, Autosomal recessive inheritance Nail-Patella syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant disease with an incidence of approximately 1/50,000. The…
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Twitter Poll (August 5, 2020)
ANSWER: A, Autosomal Recessive Nail-Patella syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant disease with an incidence of approximately 1/50,000. The…
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Membranous with FSGS
Some patients with membranous glomerulopathy also have associated focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) lesions. The glomerulus in this biopsy image, for…
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FSGS Types
The 3 main FSGS Types Are there clues to help distinguish among primary, genetic, and secondary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)…
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Diagnose This (April 16, 2018)
The immunofluorescence study is negative. What is your diagnosis? …
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Twitter Poll (March 28, 2018)
ANSWER: D Some of the histologic features observed in Sickle Cell Nephropathy that involve the glomerular compartment are: enlarged glomeruli…
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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,…
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MCD and FSGS
This week, Dr. Silva discusses minimal change disease, FSGS, and the controversy surrounding these two, potentially linked diseases.
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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…
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Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Not Otherwise Specified
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a nonspecific pattern of glomerular scarring in which a subset of the glomeruli show partial…