Thursday, February 14, 2013

The Kidney Doctor: Image Quiz

The Kidney Doctor: Image Quiz: This is a high powered EM of a glomerular capillary loop. What does it show? 

2 comments:

  1. sub epithelial hump.. most characteristic change in post infectious GN.
    This is a classical "hump" so i could say that it is subepithelial but otherwise i m not sure how i can say that this is sub epithelial or sub endothelial as this image is so magnified i can't identify epithelial and endothelial sides... any help?

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  2. I agree with you Pradeep- you cannot clearly distinguish sub-epi from sub-endothelial on this image (no clear podocyte foot processes or endothelial fenestrations). But the shape of the deposit is classic post-infectious "hump" so subepithelial is the best guess.

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