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Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases
Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
abnormalities of selected glomerular ... diseases Light ... • Lupus ISN/RPS ... polyangiitis #glomerular ... #pathology #comparison
Atlas of Urine Microscopy Findings
 • Epithelial cells - Normal
 • Renal tubular cells - Acute
Atlas of Urine Microscopy ... red - cells Non-glomerular ... also be seen if urine ... Diagnostic of glomerular ... #Microscopy #Atlas
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
sediment Microscopic ... sediment by microscopy ... or dipstick) Glomerular ... basement membrane disease ... disease Renal
Urinary Casts in the setting of renal disease
#Clinical #Nephro #Urine #Microscopy #Casts #Comparison #Chart #ATN #AIN
setting of renal disease ... Clinical #Nephro #Urine ... #Microscopy #Casts ... #Comparison #Chart
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red blood cells on urine microscopy. Must exclude false positives
blood cells on urine ... microscopy. ... • Thin GBM disease ... • Pauci-immune disease ... with polyangiitis/microscopic
Urine Microscopy Crystals
Uric Acid crystals:
 - Formation promoted by acidic urine
 - Seen in tumor lysis
Urine Microscopy ... specific systemic disease ... specific systemic disease ... #Microscopy #Crystals ... #comparison #table
Important Fungal Stains
Mycology Lab:
 • Calcofluor white - Fluorochrome that binds glucans and chitin in fungal
cell response to fungi ... doesn't stain most fungi ... #microbiology #microscopy ... staining #diagnosis #fungi ... #fungus #comparison
Causes of Proteinuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Persistent Proteinuria >150mg/d protein present on repeat testing including overnight
Proteinuria (Negative urine ... • Drugs Glomerular ... Proteinuria (Positive urine ... polyangiitis (GPA) / microscopic ... Minimal change disease
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
> 200: Endemic fungi ... PCP, Aspergillus spp ... , Endemic fungi ... Cryptococcal Ag, Urine ... Infectious Diseases
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
polyangiitis), MPA (microscopic ... life-threatening diseases ... Inflammatory eye disease ... : UA, Urine protein ... hypercellular glomeruli