Glomerular Diseases
CHAPTER18 Tubulointerstitial Diseases Mark A. Perazella and Edgar V. Lerma Recommended Time to Complete: 1 Day Guiding Questions 1. How does one diagnose tubulointerstitial disease? 2. What is the basic…
NEPHROLOGY
Urinary Tract Infection
CHAPTER22 Urinary Tract Infection Richard N. Formica Recommended Time to Complete: 1 Day Guiding Questions 1. How has the epidemiology of urinary tract infections (UTIs) changed? 2. What are the…
Introduction
CHAPTER1 Introduction Mark A. Perazella Recommended Time to Complete: 1 Day Guiding Questions 1. What are the essential functions of the kidney? 2. The nephron is the basic unit of…
Disorders of Magnesium Homeostasis—Hypo and Hypermagnesemia
CHAPTER12 Disorders of Magnesium Homeostasis—Hypo and Hypermagnesemia Robert F. Reilly Jr. Recommended Time to Complete: 1 Day Guiding Questions 1. How is extracellular fluid (ECF) magnesium concentration regulated? 2. What…
Glomerular Diseases
CHAPTER19 Obstruction of the Genitourinary Tract Richard N. Formica Recommended Time to Complete: 1 Day Guiding Questions 1. How does the bladder empty normally? 2. What are the common causes…
Disorders of Calcium Homeostasis—Hypo and Hypercalcemia
CHAPTER10 Disorders of Calcium Homeostasis—Hypo and Hypercalcemia Nishank Jain and Robert F. Reilly Jr. Recommended Time to Complete: 1 Day Guiding Questions 1. How is extracellular fluid (ECF) ionized calcium…
The Pathology of Systemic Fibroinflammatory Disorders
Fig. 3.1 Sclerosing mesenteritis. (a) On low-power view, sclerosing mesenteritis consists of a diffuse replacement of the resident mesenteric soft tissues (mostly adipose tissue) by a dense fibrous tissue (arrow)…
Erdheim-Chester Disease and Other Histiocytoses
Fig. 12.1 Skin biopsy of an overlap case of histiocytosis (Langerhans cell histiocytosis, LCH, and Erdheim-Chester disease, ECD). (a) LCH, Langerhans cells infiltrating the superficial dermal and the epidermal layers…
Sclerosing Mesenteritis
Characteristic Durst [13] Emory [15] Akram [1] Year of publication 1977 1997 2007 Study design Cumulative literature dataa Retrospective, single-centerb Retrospective, single-centerc Study period 1955–1972 1970–1993 1982–2005 No. of cases…
Gadolinium-Induced Fibrosis
Study (location) Year GBCA exposure Cases of GIF/GBCA exposed patients with renal disease Notes Marckmann (Denmark) 2006 Gadodiamide 13/370 (3.5 %) Retrospective chart review: strong association of gadodiamide exposure with…
