pathology

#PathPointer: Immune Deposits Involving Tubules — A Case of Anti-LRP2 Nephritis

May 20, 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 [...]

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 [...]

#PathPointer: Congo Red-Positive Always Means Amyloid Deposits, Right?

July 26, 2018 // 1 Comment

Amyloidosis, fibrillary glomerulonephritis (FGN), and immunotactoid glomerulopathy (ITG) are all characterized by renal deposits with an organized substructure under high [...]

PET Scan of the Kidney Reveals An Unusual Finding: Not All That Glitters Is Cancer

May 17, 2018 // 0 Comments

A young man was treated with chemotherapy for diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) involving the kidney, liver, and lungs. After 2 cycles, PET imaging showed resolution of [...]

Glomerulitis Without Evidence of Antibody-Mediated Rejection

February 23, 2018 // 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 [...]

“Green Smoothie” Oxalate Nephropathy

January 11, 2018 // 1 Comment

A recent AJKD Teaching Case by Makkapati et al describes a 65-year-old patient with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass who developed acute kidney injury (AKI) in the setting of a [...]

Role of Donor Pre-Implantation Biopsies in Kidney Transplantation

November 22, 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 [...]

Light Chain Proximal Tubulopathy – The Tip of the Iceberg?

November 8, 2016 // 1 Comment

In recent years, there has been increased recognition of the spectrum of kidney diseases associated with paraproteinemias. The fact that the pathogenetically related [...]

C4 Glomerulopathy: Should We Accept it As a New Disease?

February 29, 2016 // 0 Comments

A recent article published by AJKD reports 3 patients with nephrotic syndrome, two of whom also had hematuria. Kidney biopsy revealed mesangioproliferative [...]

Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome: Finnish Type or Diffuse Mesangial Sclerosis?

September 21, 2015 // 0 Comments

Both congenital nephrotic syndrome of Finnish type (CNF) and diffuse mesangial sclerosis (DMS) represent major histopathologic patterns resulting in congenital nephrotic [...]

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