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==Basic approach to renal biopsy==
==Basic approach to renal biopsy==
Comment on:
===Basic components===
*Glomeruli.
*Glomeruli.
*Tubules.
*Tubules.
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===Vessels===
===Vessels===
#Arteriolar hyalinosis - too much pink stuff???
#Arteriolar hyalinosis - too much pink stuff?
#Intimal hyperplasia.
#Intimal hyperplasia.


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===Arteriolar hyalinosis===
===Arteriolar hyalinosis===
Microscopic:
*Pink acellular crap replaces arteriolar wall.
DDx:
DDx:
*Diabetes mellitus.
*Diabetes mellitus.
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*Aging.
*Aging.
*Drugs - tarolimus, cyclosporine.
*Drugs - tarolimus, cyclosporine.
*Image: [http://www.kidneypathology.com/Im%E1genes/Diabetes/DM.11.w.jpg Arteriolar hyalinosis (kidneypathology.com)]


Note:
Note:
*Arteriolar hyalinosis - involves ''afferent'' and ''efferent'' arterioles in diabetes, in others it is only tha afferent.
*Arteriolar hyalinosis - involves ''afferent'' and ''efferent'' arterioles in diabetes, in others it is only tha afferent.
===Mesangial hypercellularity===
===Mesangial hypercellularity===
Think:
DDx:
# Lupus.
# Lupus (SLE).
# IgA nephropathy.
# IgA nephropathy.


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*Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN).
*Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN).


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==Nephrotic syndrome==
==Nephrotic syndrome==
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*Abbreviated ''LN''.
*Abbreviated ''LN''.
*Bread & butter of nephropathology.
*Bread & butter of nephropathology.
===Immunofluorescence===
*"Full house" = call of 'em light up.


===Classification===
===Classification===
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