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Diabetic Nephropathy, Art of Medicine
Art of Medicine

Art of Medicine: Diabetic Nephropathy

The above painting shows glomeruli with nodular mesangial expansion and arterial hyalinosis, changes frequently seen in diabetic nephropathy. Diabetic nephropathy…

Podcast

Dual Glomerulopathies

In this episode, Dr. Silva discusses the historical and current thinking on dual glomerulopathies, what the literature reports, and how…

Fred Silva, MD renal pathologist at arkana laboratories
By Dr. Fred Silva
IgA Dominant Infection-Associated Glomerulonephritis, renal pathology
Teaching Points

IgA Dominant Infection-Associated Glomerulonephritis

A 65-year-old male presents to the ER with a new onset rash and blood in his urine. The ER doc…


ANCA Disease, LECT2 Amyloid, IgG4-Related Disease, AL amyloidosis, ANCA, digging deeper, Dr. Messias, Arkana Laboratories, pathology diseases
Digging Deeper

Not Quite Nodular

This biopsy came from a 70-year-old gentleman with acute renal failure. He had a known history of diabetes, hypertension, and…

By Nidia Messias, MD
severe mesangial matrix expansion with frequent large nodule formation, Diabetic Glomerulosclerosis
Teaching Points

Diabetic Glomerulosclerosis with Superimposed Diseases

Diabetic glomerulosclerosis is one of the most common causes of nephrotic range proteinuria in adults. When the clinical course of…

Interstitial Eosinophils
Teaching Points

Interstitial Eosinophils

Prominent interstitial eosinophils (see arrow) are most often associated with allergic-type acute interstitial nephritis (AIN). However, interstitial eosinophils are not…


nodular glomerulosclerosis
Diagnose This!

Diagnose This! (March 5, 2018)

What is the most likely diagnosis? For bonus points, what is the basic differential for this morphologic finding (non-immune and…

By L. Nich Cossey, MD
Diabetic Nephropathy
Teaching Points

Diabetic Nephropathy

Protein Insudative Lesions in Diabetic Glomerulopathy Diffuse and nodular glomerulosclerosis is the classic appearance of diabetic glomerulopathy. However, diabetic nephropathy…

Patrick D. Walker, MD renal pathologist at arkana laboratories
By Patrick D. Walker, MD
FSGS Tip Lesion
Teaching Points

FSGS Tip Lesion – Secondary

The patient is a 64-year-old male with a history of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia, who presents with an increased…


IgG Background Staining in Diabetic Nephropathy
Teaching Points

IgG Background Staining in Diabetic Nephropathy

Immunofluorescence staining with IgG in a patient with diabetic nephropathy shows enhanced linear staining along the glomerular basement membranes and…

Patrick D. Walker, MD renal pathologist at arkana laboratories
By Patrick D. Walker, MD
Eosinophil-Rich Inflammation in Diabetic Glomerulopathy
Teaching Points

Eosinophil-Rich Inflammation in Diabetic Glomerulopathy

These photomicrographs are from a patient with diabetic nephropathy as evidenced by the Kimmelstiel-Wilson nodules in the glomerulus present on…

Diffuse and Nodular Glomerulosclerosis in Diabetic Glomerulopathy
Teaching Points

Diffuse and Nodular Glomerulosclerosis in Diabetic Glomerulopathy

Diffuse and nodular glomerulosclerosis is the classic appearance of diabetic glomerulopathy. Note the variability in mesangial areas in this one…

Patrick D. Walker, MD renal pathologist at arkana laboratories
By Patrick D. Walker, MD