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Glomerular Diseases - Nephritic and Nephrotic Syndromes

Nephritic syndrome—due to GBM disruption. 
Hypertension. t BUN and creatinine.
Glomerular Diseases ... to GBM disruption ... #Diseases #Nephritic ... #Proteinuria #Nephrology ... #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Differential Diagnosis ... anti-ANCA ab, anti-GBM ... biopsy By Tess Litchman ... #differential #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases
Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM ... Haemolytic-uraemic syndrome ... Nephrotic syndrome ... #diseases #nephrology ... comparison #table #diagnosis
Anti-GIomeruIar Basement Membrane Disease (Goodpasture's Disease)

What is it? A small vessel vasculitis with circulating antibodies directed
Anti-GIomeruIar ... hemorrhage Diagnosis ... : • Anti-GBM antibodies ... weeks By Tess Litchman ... #nephrology #pulmonary
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Cytomegalovirus; GBM ... hemolytic-uremic syndrome ... cluster, the diseases ... #nephrotic #syndrome ... #nephrology
Causes of Proteinuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Persistent Proteinuria >150mg/d protein present on repeat testing including overnight
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Fanconi's syndrome ... • Drugs Glomerular ... Minimal change disease ... #Proteinuria #Nephrology
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (MPGN) AKA: Mesangiocapillary GN
 • Active Urine Sediment (dysmorphic RBC, RBC casts, +/- proteinuria)
(Dense deposit disease ... immune deposits on EM ... anti-phospholipid syndrome ... Glomerulonephritis #MPGN #nephrology ... #diagnosis #renal
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential Diagnosis ... neurological lesion: Clinical ... Mycoplasma, Influenza, EBV ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome