Atlas of Renal Pathology II
Renal atheroembolic disease is a vascular injury caused by cholesterol emboli from atherosclerotic plaques. It is commonly seen in patients older than 50 years with cardiovascular risk factors. In most cases, it is iatrogenic following
[read more...]Myeloma cast nephropathy, also known as light chain cast nephropathy or myeloma kidney, commonly presents as acute kidney injury, and is one of the most common kidney manifestations of multiple myeloma. Urinalysis detects non-nephrotic range
[read more...]A 70-year-old woman was diagnosed with Sjögren syndrome four years ago. She also has a history of hypertension, which has recently become difficult to control. She presented with shortness of breath and was found to have pericardial effusion and a
[read more...]The AJKD Atlas of Renal Pathology II has recently provided a succinct summary of the diagnosis of AL (light chain) amyloidosis, the most common type of renal amyloidosis, and compared it with hereditary and other non-AL amyloidosis. Related
[read more...]A recent installment of the AJKD Atlas of Renal Pathology II gives a succinct summary of the morphologic criteria that may be used to diagnose acute antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) in the allograft kidney. The following points should be kept in
[read more...]A comparison of the criteria for acute and chronic antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) in the November installment of the AJKD Atlas of Renal Pathology II shows that only criterion 1, which refers to histologic evidence of chronic tissue injury, is
[read more...]Post prepared by and all images courtesy of Tibor Nadasdy, MD, AJKD Blog Contributor and AJKD Kidney Biopsy Teaching Case Advisory Board member. For a PDF version of the question & answer, please click here. Click on an image for a larger
[read more...]Congenital (presenting before age 3 months) and infantile (presenting at age 4-12 months) nephrotic syndrome are commonly caused by genetic defects. Diffuse mesangial sclerosis (DMS) is a histopathologic finding in some children with congenital
[read more...]Post prepared by and all images courtesy of Tibor Nadasdy, MD, AJKD Blog Contributor and AJKD Kidney Biopsy Teaching Case Advisory Board member. For a PDF version of the question & answer, please click here. Click on an image for a larger
[read more...]Both congenital nephrotic syndrome of Finnish type (CNF) and diffuse mesangial sclerosis (DMS) represent major histopathologic patterns resulting in congenital nephrotic syndrome associated with genetic defects. CNF typically results from germline
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