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Glomerulonephritis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
ANCA:
 • C-ANCA: GPA (Wegener's)
 • P-ANCA: Microscopic Polyangiitis, Eosinophilic GPA (Churg
Glomerulonephritis ... Wegener's) • P-ANCA: Microscopic ... Churg Strauss) Anti-GBM ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #Glomerulonephritis ... differential #diagnosis #nephrology
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis ... polyangiitis, Microscopic ... ab, anti-GBM ab ... biopsy By Tess Litchman ... differential #diagnosis #nephrology
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis ... IF • Majority anti-neutrophil ... + • c-ANCA: anti-proteinase ... staining #Glomerulonephritis ... Differential #Diagnosis #Nephrology
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red blood cells on urine microscopy. Must exclude false positives
cells on urine microscopy ... wall) • Anti-GBM ... with polyangiitis/microscopic ... • Lupus glomerulonephritis ... Post-Infectious glomerulonephritis
Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases
Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
diseases Light Microscopy ... (IM) - Electron ... Microscopy (EM) ... Amyloid RPGN • Anti-GBM ... glomerular #diseases #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
dipstick, urine microscopy ... and signs • Glomerulonephritis ... Vasculits: ANCA, ANA, Anti-GBM ... , Anti-ds-DNA, C3 ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Stage II Membranous Glomerulonephritis on Electron Microscopy
This eyeSCANdy image shows acellular scanning EM of a glomerulus
II Membranous Glomerulonephritis ... on Electron Microscopy ... with membranous glomerulonephritis ... #membranous #glomerulonephritis ... SEM #clinical #nephrology
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (MPGN) AKA: Mesangiocapillary GN
 • Active Urine Sediment (dysmorphic RBC, RBC casts, +/- proteinuria)
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis ... immune deposits on EM ... microangiopathy (TMA), anti-phospholipid ... Membranoproliferative #Glomerulonephritis ... #MPGN #nephrology
Stage III Glomerulonephritis on Electron Microscopy
This image shows acellular scanning EM from a biopsy with membranous
Stage III Glomerulonephritis ... on Electron Microscopy ... with membranous glomerulonephritis ... #membranous #glomerulonephritis ... SEM #clinical #nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis ... • Anti-GBM antibodies ... polyangiitis /microscopic ... #KidneyInjury #Nephrology