RE: PIGN with only proteinuria? 13 hours ago

I think we are all in agreement that glomerular sub-epithelial "hump-like" deposits are non-specific having been observed in APSGN, IRGN, C3GN, DDD...

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RE: PIGN with only proteinuria? 15 hours ago

In Primary C3GN the "intensity" of C3 staining by conventional IF is required to be greater than the intensity of IgG , IgA or IgM. The serum C3 le...

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RE: Electrolyte Issue 15 hours ago

Vegetable proteins have a net alkaline content, whereas meat protein has a net acid content, but both proteins stimulate acid (proton) secretion in...

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RE: Volunteer by May 7 to serve as a case report reviewer for Kidney Week 2025! 15 hours ago

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RE: Volunteer by May 7 to serve as a case report reviewer for Kidney Week 2025! 15 hours ago

Hi I am a fellow in Pediatric Nephrology. I am willing to volunteer to review case reports Thank you Afsana Jahan Get Outlook for iOS The informa...

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RE: PIGN with only proteinuria? 17 hours ago

@ prof glassock ? C3 GN would the c3 be more intensity on IF? Or are there cases where c3 is equal intensity to others and it’s is c3gn? I unders...

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RE: Electrolyte Issue 17 hours ago

Thanks everyone really enlightening . Questions lead to discovery . I apologies for not being clever but why does vegetarian meal give rise to high...

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RE: Electrolyte Issue 18 hours ago

As a fellow at NYU long ago, my attending Bernie Nidus, showed us his clear, pre-prandial urine, followed by a post-prandial urine: completely opaq...

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RE: PIGN with only proteinuria? 18 hours ago

Th IF is PLA2R, sorry the label didn't show up. ------------------------------ Jonathan Zuckerman MD, PhD UCLA Los Angeles CA (310) 794-1485 ---...

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RE: PIGN with only proteinuria? 18 hours ago

I don't disagree that the deposits appear hump-like. Rare cases of early MN can show somewhat humpy deposits. Please see attached images from a cas...

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RE: PIGN with only proteinuria? 19 hours ago

those are HUMPS! was there only C3 on the biopsy? What was the blood C3 level? See attached ------------------------------ Ro...

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RE: PIGN with only proteinuria? 19 hours ago

While I agree the deposits could be seen as hump-like, given the membranous pattern noted above on IF, this may be an early (stage 1) membranous ne...

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RE: Electrolyte Issue 1 day ago

I remember being taught that the commonest cause of a urine sample with a high pH in clinical practice is a patient submitting a urine sample short...

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RE: IVIG with Rituximab treatment 1 day ago

I agree that the general felling (not evidence based) is that IVIgG is "helpful" in some cases of ANCA Vasculitis.- unfortunately we do not know wh...

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RE: IVIG with Rituximab treatment 1 day ago

Just one thought: while I agree that IVIG administration based on IgG level may be unwarranted, IVIG has been regarded as therapeutically helpful i...

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RE: Electrolyte Issue 1 day ago

Many thanks for the clarification. My understanding of the "alkaline tide" has just improved. I assume that patients with atrophic gastritis (and h...

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RE: Electrolyte Issue 1 day ago

Just a small point, but the term alkaline tide refers to the normalphysiologic response after any meal, due to the stimulation of parietal cell pro...

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RE: PIGN with only proteinuria? 1 day ago

Setting all STI biases aside, have you ruled out secondary syphilis? --------------------------------- Oded Friedman -----------------------------...

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RE: PIGN with only proteinuria? 1 day ago

Thanks for posting the EM. This does not seem to be APSGN or Infection related GN, so C3GN in the differential diagnosis. The pattern of C3 and C4 ...

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RE: PIGN with only proteinuria? 1 day ago

EM deposits certainly look "humpy". Very strange case. Clinical presentation certainly suggests MCD/FSGS/podocytopathy. Will be interesting to see ...

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RE: Volunteer by May 7 to serve as a case report reviewer for Kidney Week 2025! 1 day ago

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RE: Volunteer by May 7 to serve as a case report reviewer for Kidney Week 2025! 1 day ago

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RE: PIGN with only proteinuria? 1 day ago

attached is the EM. very curious. ------------------------------ Kenneth Brand MD West Hartford CT (860) 819-9001 ---------------------------...

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RE: Volunteer by May 7 to serve as a case report reviewer for Kidney Week 2025! 1 day ago

Hello, i would like to volunteer as a reviewer for case reports. Please let me know further steps. Best regards, Arjun -------------...

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RE: Volunteer by May 7 to serve as a case report reviewer for Kidney Week 2025! 1 day ago

I have done several case reports and here is my Google scholar page. I could be valuable resource for moderating case reports. https://schola...

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RE: Case discussion 2 days ago

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RE: Case discussion 2 days ago

The main differential diagnoses are malaria (falciparum and/or vivax), G6PD deficiency and paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria, in my Nephrological opin...

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RE: Case discussion 2 days ago

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RE: Atypical case 2 days ago

Linear monoclonal IgA deposits suggest anti-GBM Disease, but absence of crescents would be unusual. Serum anti-GBM antibodies by ELISA are often ne...

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RE: Case discussion 2 days ago

Based on this classic presentation , this patient should be strongly suspected as having PNH. The diagnosis can be quickly affirmed by appropriate ...

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Case discussion 2 days ago

17 years old male , hx of renal stones 8 years back, passed spontaneously in urine, no intervention required and no labs done at that timeNo other ...

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RE: Atypical case 2 days ago

Updated the case as requested. ------------------------------ Hasan Ozpolat MD University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson AZ (206) 393-785...

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RE: PIGN with only proteinuria? 2 days ago

Infection related GN presenting as proteinuria only is uncommon. Could you post the de identified EM photos, so we can verify the nature of the "Hu...

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RE: Complex SLE Case with Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage 2 days ago

For reasons that remain poorly understood , DAH us strongly related to anti.Phospholipid antibody . I would agree with adding RTX (or OBI , if avai...

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PIGN with only proteinuria? 2 days ago

could turn out to be nothing special, but what i have here, folks is a 78-year-old white gentleman with sudden onset 8-10 grams of proteinuria an...

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RE: Atypical case 2 days ago

IgA with lambda restriction is not usual and does not mean a MGRS, but that is lambda not kappa. Linear IgG is not unusual with Diabetes and is f...

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RE: Atypical case 2 days ago

Didn’t see that coming. When will EM be available? What did pathologist conclude? LHCDD on background of DM/HTN changes? Did TBM also stain simi...

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RE: decline in kidney function linked with Graves disease 2 days ago

Hi thanks fascinating . If the hypothesis of gfr drop causing hypothyroid would be interesting to know kidney function in hyperthyroid pre and post...

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RE: Complex SLE Case with Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage 2 days ago

Thanks for the thoughtful feedback. Haptoglobin is very low, with C4 at 0.035 and C3 at 0.5 Regarding Ravulizumab, my thinking is that complement...

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Atypical case 2 days ago

A 58-year-old female with a history of diabetes mellitus type 2 with retinopathy, uncontrolled hypertension, chronic lymphedema, and systemic lupus...

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RE: Complex SLE Case with Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage 2 days ago

We had a somewhat similar patient last year, did not have alveolar hemorrhage but had a MAHA with thrombocytopenia, AKI, seizures We plexed h...

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Complex SLE Case with Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage 2 days ago

I'd really love to hear your thoughts regarding this complex case. A 30‐year‐old female with a recent diagnosis of SLE (diagnosed 2 weeks prior t...

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RE: decline in kidney function linked with Graves disease 2 days ago

"It has been my understanding that topiramate inhibits carbonic anhydrase and commonly causes a hyperchloremic acidosis and as a consequence a mode...

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Volunteer by May 7 to serve as a case report reviewer for Kidney Week 2025! 2 days ago

ASN invites ASN Fellows-in-Training members to serve as reviewers for case reports submitted by trainees for Kidney Week 2025. The reviewing/gradin...

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Encourage fellows to volunteer as case report reviewers for Kidney Week 2025! 2 days ago

ASN invites ASN Fellows-in-Training members to serve as reviewers for case reports submitted by trainees for Kidney Week 2025. The reviewing/gradin...

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RE: decline in kidney function linked with Graves disease 2 days ago

It has been my understanding that topiramate inhibits carbonic anhydrase and commonly causes a hyperchloremic acidosis and as a consequence a modes...

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RE: decline in kidney function linked with Graves disease 2 days ago

Yes Hypothyroid state can cause acute drop in the GFR-this is not reported enough and should be. I learnt this through my patient-see below. Would ...

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RE: FSGS 2 days ago

"RASI/SGLT2i are symptomatic and do not address the pathological mechanism." That is the usual thinking, that RASIs and SGLT2is are all about remn...

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RE: lupus nephropathy ? 2 days ago

The devil is in the details and I usually miss the devil, but for once this time no! I cannot tell you how many times I see a urea reported in mg...

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RE: Serum sodium monitoring for starting Empagliflozin for SIADH related Hyponatremia 2 days ago

1) A baseline PNa of 131 is at essentially no risk for ODS from any increase of any kind 2) SGLT2i is a mild diuretic, and it is not an aquareti...

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