Silva's Diagnostic Renal Pathology

by Edited by Xin J. Zhou , Zoltan Laszik , Tibor Nadasdy , Vivette D'Agati , Fred G. Silva

• ISBN13: 9780521877022
• ISBN10: 0521877024
• Edition: CD
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-04-27
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The kidneys are responsible for many key bodily functions, but their primary role as a filter of toxins makes them extremely susceptible to disease. Often these diseases can only be diagnosed through a renal biopsy, a complicated procedure requiring ancillary immunologic and molecular diagnostic techniques. This book covers all methods used by renal pathologists to diagnose a wide range of kidney diseases. Unlike most literature on renal pathology, this book is situated on the midpoint between encyclopedic and superficial coverage, written for the signing-out pathologist. While focusing on tumors and transplantation rejection, a full spectrum of infectious, inflammatory, and congenital disorders is covered in both pediatric and adult populations and is analyzed not only by light microscopy but by each applicable diagnostic modality available. The text is illustrated with more than 1,000 photomicrographs and diagrams, including a CD-ROM of all images.

Table of Contents

Renal anatomy

Renal biopsy: the nephrologist's viewpoint

Algorithmic approach to the interpretation of renal biopsy

Glomerular diseases associated with the nephritic syndrome and proteinuria

Glomerular diseases associated primarily with asymptomatic or gross hematuria

Glomerular diseases associated with nephritic syndrome and/or rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis

Systematic lupus erythematosus and other autoimmune diseases (mixed connective tissue disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and Sjogren's syndrome)

Renal diseases associated with metabolic and storage disorders

Thrombotic microangiopathies

Renal diseases associated with hematopoietic disorders or organized deposits

Tubulointerstitial diseases

Hypertension and vascular diseases of the kidney

Cystic and developmental diseases

The aging kidney

End stage kidney disease

Pathology of renal transplantation

Tumors of the kidney

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