pathology – AJKD Blog

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 easy-to-read, using real clinical images to demonstrate various biopsy findings. In [read more...]

“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 10-day “green smoothie cleanse.“ Histology from her kidney biopsy [read more...]

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 easy-to-read, using real clinical images to demonstrate various biopsy findings. In [read more...]

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 categories of “monoclonal immunoglobulin deposition disease” and “light chain [read more...]

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 glomerulonephritis in one case, membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis in the second [read more...]

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 syndrome associated with genetic defects. CNF typically results from germline [read more...]

Recurrent and De Novo FSGS Following Kidney Transplantation

September 14, 2015 // 1 Comment

Atlas Fogo et al Collapsing Glomerulopathy Fig 2

Recurrent FSGS Incidence: 20-40% Risk factors: Childhood onset, rapid progression, recurrence of FSGS in prior transplant Clinical Features: Nephrotic syndrome within weeks after transplantation. Also, can have hematuria, hypertension, and AKI [read more...]

AJKD Atlas of Renal Pathology II: The Ultimate Pathology Teaching Tool Has Arrived

August 24, 2015 // 2 Comments

Dr. Agnes Fogo (AF; @AgnesFogo) does not need an introduction. For nephrologists, nephrology fellows, and nephropathology residents around the world, her AJKD Atlas of Renal Pathology has long been a valuable resource. Dr Fogo is currently the John [read more...]

Test Your Knowledge: HIV and The Kidney

May 4, 2015 // 1 Comment

In a quiz published in AJKD, Lum et al (freely available) describe a case of acute kidney injury in a patient with well-controlled HIV infection on highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART). The following questions will test your pathology [read more...]

Drug Abusers and Kidney Disease: A Pathologist Perspective

May 22, 2014 // 2 Comments

The autopsy study of Buettner et al provides very interesting data on kidney changes in illicit drug abusers who underwent forensic autopsy following drug-related death. This cross-sectional autopsy study provides relevant and somewhat surprising [read more...]