Nephrology & Therapeutics

Renal Histopathology

Renal pathology is a subspecialty of anatomic pathology that deals with the diagnosis and organization of medical diseases (non-tumor) of the kidneys. In the theoretical setting, renal pathologists work systematically with nephrologists and trasplant surgeons, who typically obtain diagnostic specimens via percutaneous renal biopsy. The renal pathologist must synthesize findings from light microscopy, electron microscopy, and immunofluorescence to obtain a absolute diagnosis. Medical renal diseases may affect the glomerulus, the tubules and interstitium, the vessels, or aarrangement of these partitions.

The sequence is indisputably designed for nephrologists to teach them what they need to know about the renal biopsy and how it affects supervision. It is spread over two days and will involve some enlightening talks from clinicians and pathologists, as well as small (informal) group attentions, in which we will present some clinical setups with their accompanying pathological material.

At the end of the course, we will have a final quiz in which we show you some photomicrographs of renal biopsy specimens and ask you to come to a finding. This will include some illnesses which may not have been covered in detail during the course, but which you may be able to identify with your new critical analysis of renal pathology.

•           Urinalysis. A urinalysis screens for the presence of protein and blood in the urine. ...

•           Serum creatinine test. This blood experiment tests whether creatinine is building up in  your blood

•           Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) ...

•           Estimated GFR.