Biopsy of the Renal Tissue

The renal biopsy.

CONTEXT The first renal biopsy was carried out more than a century ago, but its widespread introduction into clinical use, beginning in the 1950s, helped develop nephrology into the powerful subspecialty of internal medicine that it is today. In the past 25 years, the use of the spring-loaded biopsy gun, in combination with newer visualization techniques, including ultrasound and computed axial...

The anti-apoptotic effect of ghrelin in the renal tissue of chronic hypoxic rats

Introduction: Ghrelin is an endogenous peptide that has diverse functions in the body. One of the newly recognized roles of this peptide is its antiapoptotic effect. However, this function has not been investigated in normobaric hypoxia- induced apoptosis in body organs. This study will examine the effect of ghrelin treatment on Bax-Bcl-2 gene expression in the kidney of chronic hypoxic rats. ...

Observations on Renal Hypertension. the Role of Renal Biopsy.

INTEREST in unilateral renal disease as a possible cause of human hypertension originated with Goldblatt 's classic experiments.' In 1937, Butlerreported the clinieal cure of hypertension following nephrectomy in two cases of unilateral, pyelonephritis with vascular disease in children. In recent years it has been recognized that many cases of human hypertension are on the basis of unilateral r...

Transjugular renal biopsy.

A novel technique to obtain renal biopsy specimens from patients in whom percutaneous renal biopsy is contraindicated is described. After adaptation of equipment used for transjugular liver biopsy, 50 such patients underwent transjugular renal biopsy: specimens of renal tissue were obtained from 44 patients, and glomeruli were found in 38 specimens. No major complications were observed and hist...

Renal Biopsy Interpretation