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Myasthenia-Inflammatory Myopathy (MG-IM)
Clinical History:This 60-year-old patient presented with complaints of worsening hand weakness (particularly finger extensors). The weakness initially involved the right…
Celebrating Dr. Tiffany Caza’s Remarkable Contributions
We are thrilled to recognize Dr. Tiffany Caza, MD, PhD, for her outstanding impact in renal pathology and patient care.…
Denervation with Incidental Vascular Amyloid
Clinical History:This 76-year-old male presented with complaints of muscle pain. Their past medical history is significant for Sjogren’s syndrome, fibromyalgia,…
Toxic Vacuolar Myopathy Due to Hydroxychloroquine
Clinical History:This 50-year-old patient presented with a one year history of of persistent muscle weakness. They also had shortness of…
Sporadic Late-Onset Nemaline Myopathy
Clinical History:The patient is a 69-year-old male who presented with complaints of proximal lower extremity muscle weakness and BMI of…
Lipid Storage Myopathy in 77-Year-Old Patient
Clinical History:The patient is a 77-year-old female with several months of progressive muscle weakness predominantly in her upper and lower…
2025 Holiday Party: A Very Arkana Christmas
On December 6, the Arkana team celebrated the holiday season at Southern Tail Brewing with friends and family for “A…
Vasculitic Neuropathy
Clinical History:65-year-old woman with generalized weakness and fatigue requiring a walker.Past medical history: anemia, major depressive disorder, MCI, arthritis, CTS,…
Anti-TIF1-γ in Dermatomyositis
Clinical History:73-year-old man who presented with inability to rise from a chair.Past medical history: arthritis, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia, and male…
Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)
Clinical History:The patient is a 65-year-old woman with progressive proximal and generalized weakness, dysphasia, full-body pain, fasciculations and malaise.Medication: IVIG…
Vasculitis: Using Fluorescence Microscopy to Visualize Elastic Lamina
Clinical History:This 65-year-old patient presented with a two-month history of progressive proximal upper and lower extremity muscle weakness, and photosensitive…
Glom Goals: A Blueprint for Better Renal Biopsies
In this episode of Glom Goals, we spoke to Dr. Salil Parikh from the Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare group in…
Glom Goals: Why Adequacy Matters
Renal pathologists Dr. Shree Sharma and Dr. Tiff Caza sit down with nephrologists Dr. Juan Carlos Velez, Dr. Bill Whittier,…
Collagen Pockets in Nerve Biopsy
Clinical History:This 40-year-old patient underwent sural nerve biopsy to evaluate for a painful mixed large fiber and small fiber axonal…
Denervated Neuromuscular Junctions
Clinical History:Muscle biopsy from this 40-year-old patient showed morphologic and enzyme histochemical features of denervation.What abnormality is seen in the…