Difference between revisions of "Medical kidney diseases"

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 *Lupus.
-===Bland necrotic crescents===
+===Crescents===
+*Indicate a rapidly progressive disease.
+*Etiology/definition: break in the glomerular basement membrane (GBM).
+Microscopic:
+*Break in the glomerular basement membrane - '''key feature'''.
+**Best seen on a silver stain (e.g. [[Jones stain]]).
+*Fibrin.
+**Described as orange on [[HPS stain|HPS]].
+*Cellular debris.
+*Inflammatory cells (lymphocytes, plasma cells, eosinophils, macrophages).
+====Bland necrotic crescents====
 DDx:
 *ANCA-related glomerulonephritis.