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Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
multiplex WORKUP & DIAGNOSIS ... antibody, Anti-GBM ... usually low in anti-GBM ... hypercellular glomeruli, & cellular ... #differential #diagnosis
Urine Microscopy - Casts
Acellular Casts
 • Hyaline Casts - Consists of only precipitated Tamm-Horsfell protein without
Microscopy - Casts Acellular ... degeneration of a cellular ... cast Cellular Casts ... interpretation #diagnosis
Mixed Cellular Casts on Urine Microscopy

Degenerating mixed cellular cast - brightfield, unstained - from patient with
Mixed Cellular Casts ... Degenerating mixed cellular ... @jrseltzer #Cellular
Cellular and humoral immune responses of the adaptive immune system. Activated T cells accomplish cellular immune
Cellular and humoral ... cells accomplish cellular ... cytotoxic T cells (cellular ... #Cellular #humoral
Kidney Biopsy - Diagnosis Algorithms
1) Normal Glomerulus by LM
2) Glomerular Crescents
3) Double Contours of GBM
4) Endocapillary
Kidney Biopsy - Diagnosis ... Double Contours of GBM ... Biopsy #renal #Diagnosis
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
Henoch-SchonIein Purpura Anti-GBM ... to Kidney: Anti-GBM ... involvement: Anti-GBM ... #differential #diagnosis
Recently TEG has emerged as a more integrative approach which explores both clotting factors and cellular
clotting factors and cellular ... #Diagnosis #Thromboelastography
Cardiac Allograft Rejection - Grades
- Acute Cellular Rejection (ACR, Cytotoxic T-cells)
- Acute Ab-Mediated Rejection (AMR, Humoral)

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Grades - Acute Cellular
Trichomonas on Urine Microscopy

Trichomonas organisms adjacent to mixed cellular cast containing WBC's, tubular epithelial cells, and
adjacent to mixed cellular
Glomerulonephritis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
ANCA:
 • C-ANCA: GPA (Wegener's)
 • P-ANCA: Microscopic Polyangiitis, Eosinophilic GPA (Churg
- Differential Diagnosis ... Strauss) Anti-GBM ... #differential #diagnosis