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Anti-Brush Border Antibody Disease (Anti-LRP2 Nephropathy) Associated with Lupus Nephritis

Anti-brush border antibody disease is a rare autoimmune disease. Auto-antibodies are targeted against LRP2/Megalin, which is present on the apical…

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MYMP Sighting

Our MYMP made a special appearance this week! Dr. Cassol (along with Dr. Sharma) recently published an article highlighting the…

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Muscle Fiber Spindle

Toluidine blue-stained thick section prepared from glutaraldehyde-fixed EPON embedded tissue (400x original magnification)   Muscle biopsy was performed on this…

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Twitter Poll (September 9, 2021)

Answer: A, NELL1 NELL1, or neural epidermal growth factor-like 1 protein is a recently identified target antigen that has been…

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Pinholes Viewed on Silver Stain

This eyeSCANDy image is an acellular scanning EM from a biopsy with membranous glomerulonephritis, stage I showing numerous small shallow…

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Neurofibromatosis Type 1

  This 26-year-old patient complained of progressive weakness and frequent falls over the past several years. On physical examination, the…

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September First Friday Lunch

You cant see it, but our staff has the biggest smiles for First Friday lunch! Special thanks to Heritage Catering…

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Gene Expression Profiling In Kidney Transplants With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Associated Adverse Events

Immune checkpoint inhibitors are increasingly used to treat various malignancies, but their application in patients with kidney transplants is complicated…

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Nephrology Lagging Behind In Machine Learning Utilization

In this issue ofKidney Medicine, Verma et al highlights the underuse of machine learning as a research tool in the…

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SAP Staining In the Diagnosis of MGMID

Membranous-like glomerulopathy with masked IgG kappa deposits (MGMID) is a rare condition in which subepithelial deposits are present on electron…

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Glomerulus with a Membranoproliferative Pattern of Injury

Todays eyeSCANdy image shows an acellular scanning EM with glomerular basement membrane duplication from a glomerulus with a membranoproliferative pattern…

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Tissue Gram Stain

  This 50-year-old female presents with progressively worsening swelling and pain involving her left hip and buttock of four days…

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