RENAL BIOPSY: CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE

Percutaneous renal graft biopsy: a clinical, laboratory and pathological analysis.

CONTEXT Renal allograft biopsies have been used as a good method for monitoring the evolution of kidney transplants for at least 20 years. Histological analysis permits differential diagnosis of the causes of allograft dysfunction to be made. OBJECTIVES To correlate the data of urinalysis and serum creatinine with histological diagnosis of renal graft in a group of renal transplant patients. ...

Renal Biopsy: Clinical Correlations

renal allograft nephrectomy: comparison between clinical and pathological diagnosis

background and aim the most common complication of renal transplantation is allograft dysfunction, which in some cases leads to graft loss. the role of graft nephrectomy in the management of transplant failure is controversial. the procedure remains associated with a significant morbidity and also mortality. our main purpose was the comparison between clinical and pathological diagnosis of graf...

Significance of renal biopsy in patients with presumed diabetic nephropathy

AIMS/INTRODUCTION Patients with diabetic nephropathy (DN) typically show varying degrees of proteinuria and renal impairment. Because these clinical signs are frequently observed in other glomerulopathies, renal biopsy is required to make a definitive diagnosis of DN. We carried out the present study to evaluate the significance of renal biopsy for patients who have been presumptively diagnosed...

Renal Clinical - Pathological Manifestations in Bullous Pemphigoid

A 61-year old man was admitted with a 2-month history of skin rash, and proteinuria and intermittent hemoptysis for 2 weeks. The patient had developed circular erythema and blisters all over the body with scab formation. Edema of the legs and eyelids appeared 2 weeks prior to admission. Kidney biopsy showed membranous nephropathy (phase II) with focal segmental mesangial proliferation and depos...