Donor kidney biopsy
Author:
Mikael Häggström [note 1]
Memorization-worthy:[note 2] A donor kidney biopsy may come for frozen sectioning.
Contents
Gross processing
Prepare a separate slide for right versus left kidney if applicable.
Microscopic evaluation
Generally evaluate as per local protocol, which may include the following, given individually for right and left kidney:
- Total number of glomeruli.
- Number of glomeruli with global sclerosis
- Percentage of glomeruli with global sclerosis (number of glomeruli with global sclerosis divided by total number of glomeruli).
- Tubular atrophy/tubular interstitial fibrosis
HFeatures of tubular atrophy.[image 1]
Notes
- ↑ For a full list of contributors, see article history. Creators of images are attributed at the image description pages, seen by clicking on the images. See Patholines:Authorship for details.
- ↑ Further information on what is memorization-worthy or not: Learning pathology
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Image sources
- ↑ Image(s) by: Mikael Häggström, M.D. Public Domain
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