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Congo Red Stain
Importance of the congo red stain The ability to detect amyloid deposits in human tissue is the critical first step…
Chef Boyardaniel
Chef Boyardaniel is perfecting his cookie recipe* because at this year’s River Cities Dragon Boat Festival we are having a…
Pushing Glass (May 30, 2017)
A 62-year-old Asian male with a past medical history significant for ESRD secondary to hypertension S/P renal transplant (9 months…
Diffuse Mesangial Hypercellularity
This biopsy is from a previously healthy 3 year old female, who presented with sudden onset nephrotic syndrome, hypertension and…
Light Chain Cast Nephropathy
Immunofluorescence staining with kappa light chain and lambda light chain antibodies shows negative kappa in casts that are lambda positive…
Dr. Dai Says Farewell
Best wishes to Dr. Dai as he heads to the University of Iowa! We have very much enjoyed working with…
Blood Pressure Checks- A Quick Guide to Wellness
Understanding Blood Pressure Blood pressure, a fundamental indicator of cardiovascular health, silently plays a pivotal role in our well-being. Its…
The Story of Richard Bright
In this episode of Throwback Thursday, Dr. Silva discusses the history of Dr. Richard Bright and his contributions to renal…
Medullary Angiitis
The attached photomicrographs show the classic histopathology of renal medullary angiitis, a lesion involving the vasa recta of the medulla.…
Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
In this image of a combined silver-trichrome stain, the arrow points to the abnormal material within the arteriole lumen. This…
Obesity-Related Glomerulopathy
This biopsy is from a 61 year-old, morbidly obese patient, who presents with 6 month history of persistent proteinuria (UPCR:…
Normal Histology
This is a normal glomerulus by light microscopy using the Jones silver stain. This section is fortuitously cut through the…
Arkanines: Lucy & Pepper
Meet Lucy (left) and Pepper (right)! They belong to Jack, who is a part of our marketing and sales team.…
IgG4
Renal parenchyma with florid interstitial fibrosis with thick bands of sclerosis expanding the interstitium and pushing the tubules apart on…
Juxtaglomerular Apparatus Hyperplasia
How do you identify the juxtaglomerular apparatus (JGA)? The arrow in this image points to hyperplasia of the juxtaglomerular apparatus…