amyloidosis

#NephMadness 2023: Expand the Organ Pool to Provide the Best Treatment Option for Patients With Advanced Kidney Disease

April 7, 2023 // 0 Comments

Beatrice Concepcion @KidneyBea_n Beatrice P. Concepcion is a transplant nephrologist and newly appointed Associate Professor at the University of Chicago in the Department [...]

#PathPointer: An Atypical Location for Amyloid – Intratubular Cytoplasmic AL Amyloidosis (ITC-AL)

December 7, 2022 // 0 Comments

Tiffany Caza @Tiff_Caza Dr. Tiffany Caza is a nephropathologist at Arkana Laboratories. She is passionate about kidney disease research and nephropathology education. AL [...]

#PathPointer: Congo Red-Positive Light Chain Cast Nephropathy

February 25, 2020 // 0 Comments

PathPointers highlight important everyday teaching points when reviewing kidney histology. These brief and easy-to-read blog posts include real clinical images to demonstrate [...]

Test Your Knowledge: Dysproteinemic Kidney Diseases

December 9, 2019 // 0 Comments

A recent AJKD Core Curriculum by Hogan et al reviews the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of dysproteinemic kidney diseases. Test your knowledge on this topic with the [...]

Congo Red: From Amyloid to Aspirin

May 29, 2019 // 1 Comment

Congo red is synonymous with amyloidosis. The visually stunning apple green birefringence lights up the eyes and minds of pathologists and nephrologists. Like many [...]

Nodular Glomerulosclerosis – Not All Are Created Equal

July 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

PathPointers is a new type of blog post that will highlight important everyday teaching points when reviewing kidney histology. These blog posts will be brief and [...]

Renal Amyloidosis – What We Need to Consider, Practical Tips

January 21, 2016 // 3 Comments

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 [...]

SCM15: Novel Amyloid Protein

March 27, 2015 // 0 Comments

Dr. Asa Deep Koganti (ADK), from John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois, discusses his abstract for the National Kidney Foundation’s 2015 Spring [...]