#PathPointer: Crescents – A Spectrum of Diseases
PathPointers highlight important everyday teaching points when reviewing kidney histology. These brief and easy-to-read blog posts include real clinical images to demonstrate [...]
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#NephMadness 2018: Pediatric Nephrology Region
Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2018 | #NephMadness | #PedsRegion “For in every adult there dwells the child that was, and in every child there lies the adult that [...]
Membranous Nephropathy in 2016: Or Should We Call It PLA2R-Related Nephropathy?
David J. Salant, MD (DS), was the Donald W. Seldin Distinguished Award recipient at the 2015 National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings. This award was established [...]
C4 Glomerulopathy: Should We Accept it As a New Disease?
A recent article published by AJKD reports 3 patients with nephrotic syndrome, two of whom also had hematuria. Kidney biopsy revealed mesangioproliferative [...]
Transplacental Transmission of Autoimmune Glomerular Disease
In a recent article in AJKD, Al-Rabadi et al present a case of a pregnancy patient with active membranous nephropathy (MN) and circulating autoantibodies to PLA2R, the major [...]
Renal Amyloidosis – What We Need to Consider, Practical Tips
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 [...]
What Is Crescentic Glomerulonephritis?
Glomerular crescents are dramatic lesions. That, together with their often rapid and devastating clinical presentation, help to account for the prominent attention they [...]
ANCA Disease: How Do Patients Do on RRT?
ANCA-associated vasculitides (AAV) are among the diseases with highest morbidity and mortality encountered in clinical nephrology. Fortunately, these diseases tend to be [...]
Glomerular Diseases and Complement Activation
A recent Core Curriculum by Noris and Remuzzi is on the timely topic of activation of the complement system in glomerular disease. This focuses on our evolving understanding [...]
The Multifaceted Relationship Between Infection and Glomerulonephritis
In a recent article published in AJKD, Glassock et al argue that the term post-infectious glomerulonephritis not be used indiscriminately for all cases where there is a [...]