Paraffin immunofluorescence is clearly not feasible or necessary to perform in the vast majority of renal biopsy cases. However, there are specific situations, which should trigger consideration ...

Immunofluorescence microscopy of the kidney biopsy. The image shows bright diffuse granular glomerular capillary wall and mesangial staining for IgA (original magnification ×400).

Recurrent lupus nephritis post-transplant may go undetected without surveillance biopsies. This study reveals high recurrence ...

The Renal Pathology Society formed an Ad Hoc Committee on Renal Biopsy Guidelines to develop recommendations regarding the processing and evaluation of renal biopsy specimens.

C4d stain, as a stand-alone immunofluorescence test, was performed in the index (diagnostic) renal allograft biopsy in 37.5% of patients. Suspicious staining triggered a full immunofluorescence panel.

According to CAP Press, "It presents a simple and practical approach to renal biopsy by providing a pertinent differential diagnosis related to various patterns of injury involving renal parenchyma by ...

A kidney-biopsy specimen typically shows immunoglobulin and complement on immunofluorescence microscopy.

Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, AIIMS Bhopal conducted a "Workshop on Immunofluorescence in Skin and Renal Pathology" on March 27, 2023. Residents and faculty from various Medical ...

Methods We stopped cyclosporine therapy in 15 kidney-transplant recipients who had biopsy-proven Kaposi's sarcoma and began sirolimus therapy.

Figure 1. Kidney biopsy images of this patient. (A) Light microscopy shows a glomerulus with global glomerular basement membrane lucencies (silver stain; 400x).

Renal biopsy sections showing mesangial expansion and hypercellularity in each of the glomeruli. Immunofluorescence microscopy showed marked granular positivity in the mesangium with a deposition ...

The testing algorithm for determining when to consider a kidney biopsy in a patient who is anti-PLA2R antibody-positive is shown in Figure 1. In a suspected case of MN, PLA2R antibodies should be ...