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File:Histopathology of glomerular crescent formation and thrombi.jpg|'''Thrombi''' (arrows) and glomerular crescent formation (dotted enclosure, in rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, in this case due to SLE). | File:Histopathology of glomerular crescent formation and thrombi.jpg|'''Thrombi''' (arrows) and glomerular crescent formation (dotted enclosure, in rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, in this case due to SLE). | ||
File:Histopathology of myeloma cast nephropathy.jpg|Distal tubular '''casts''' (in addition to interstitial inflammation and fibrosis in myeloma cast nephropathy). | File:Histopathology of myeloma cast nephropathy.jpg|Distal tubular '''casts''' (in addition to interstitial inflammation and fibrosis in myeloma cast nephropathy). | ||
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Revision as of 11:54, 23 December 2019
Author:
Mikael Häggström [note 1]
Basic autopsy cutting
In non-forensic autopsy, cut the kidneys in the coronal planes.
Fixation
Generally 10% neutral buffered formalin.
See also: General notes on fixation
Microscopic evaluation
The main signs to look for:[1]
- Glomerular findings
- Diffuse and/or nodular mesangial sclerosis
- Mesangial hypercellularity (which has been defined as more than 3 cell nuclei per peripheral mesangial area on a 4-μm thick tissue section)
- Endocapillary hypercellularity
- Glomerular basement membrane thickening and/or duplication
- Thrombi
- Tubulointerstitial findings
- Interstitial inflammation
- Cytologic atypia in the tubular epithelial cells
- Atypical or pigmented casts
- Crystals.
- Vascular findings
- Vasculitis
- Thrombi
- Mural deposition of amorphous material
Alterations in glomerular matrix and/or cellularity
The most common cause is diabetic nephropathy, and typically presents as glomerular enlargement, mesangial sclerosis basement membrane thickening and and arteriolar hyalinosis.[1]
Other
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Thrombi (arrows) and glomerular crescent formation (dotted enclosure, in rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, in this case due to SLE).
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Distal tubular casts (in addition to interstitial inflammation and fibrosis in myeloma cast nephropathy).
Notes
- ↑ For a full list of contributors, see article history. Creators of images are attributed at the image description pages, seen by clicking on the images. See Patholines:Authorship for details.
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