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Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases
Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
diseases Light Microscopy ... Haemolytic-uraemic syndrome ... Nephrotic syndrome ... comparison #table #diagnosis ... #microscopy
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
- Differential Diagnosis ... urine sediment Microscopic ... urine sediment by microscopy ... pain hematuria syndrome ... pain + gross or microscopic
Algorithm for evaluation of a patient with a peripheral neuropathy. (ECG = electrocardiogram; EMG/NCS = electron
NCS = electron microscopy ... immunodeficiency syndrome ... vital capacity) #Diagnosis
Urine Microscopy Crystals
Uric Acid crystals:
 - Formation promoted by acidic urine
 - Seen in tumor lysis
Urine Microscopy ... in tumor lysis syndrome ... acidic urine - Diagnostic ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Urine #Microscopy
Urine Microscopy - Casts
Acellular Casts
 • Hyaline Casts - Consists of only precipitated Tamm-Horsfell protein without
Urine Microscopy ... suggestive of nephrotic sydnrome ... #Casts #Urine #Microscopy ... interpretation #diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome ... Differential Diagnosis ... Pulmonary Renal Syndromes ... polyangiitis, Microscopic ... #differential #diagnosis
Classification of Vasculitis 
Vasculitis of large vessels 
 - Arteritis temporalis (giant-cell arteritis) 
 - Takayasu
granulomatosis - microscopic ... Churg-Strauss syndrome ... - Sjögren syndrome ... Vasculitis #Vessels #Diagnosis ... #Rheumatology #Diagnosis
Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Steatorrhea
 - Maldigestive
    • Pancreatic Insufficiency
 - Primary
- Differential Diagnosis ... Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... Cancer • Microscopic ... Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... (diagnosis of exclusion
Small Vessel Vasculitides
 • Granulomatosis with polyangiitis - Granulomatous manifestations (e.g., nasal crusting, destructive sinusitis, pulmonary
retroorbital mass) • Microscopic ... and Sjogren's syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
Fatty - Nephrotic syndrome ... #Differential #Microscopy ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology