Archive for 2019
Strategic Plan
ASPN Strategic Plan 2022-2027 Mission: The ASPN is the leading voice of pediatric nephrology in North America. Our primary goal is to advance care for children, adolescents, and young adults…
Read MoreSLE nephritis
PAS stain of a glomerulus in a patient with SLE nephritis. There is endocapillary and mesangial proliferation, as evidenced by thickened, occlusive capillary loops and increased mesangial cellularity. Note the…
Read MoreTubuloreticular inclusions in SLE nephritis
Tubuloreticular inclusions in a patient with diffuse proliferative SLE nephritis (SLE class IV). These subcellular structures (dark circular clusters) on transmission electron microscopy are localized to the cytoplasm of endothelial…
Read MoreCT Scan with contrast view coronal view acute pyelonephritis
Right kidney upper pole defects on contrast, consistent with acute pyelonephritis
Read MoreAcute pyelonephritis on CT scan with contrast sagittal view
CT scan axial view with contrast showing right kidney upper pole defects, consistent with acute pyelonephritis
Read MoreFocal and segmental glomerulosclerosis
Segmental obliteration of the glomerular capillary lumen in a patient with FSGS. Note the sclerotic portion of the glomerular tuft is adherent to Bowman’s capsule. There is proximal tubular hypertrophy,…
Read MoreTransplant glomerulopathy
The glomerular capillary bed is thickened, with the presence of double contours reflecting circumferential mesangial expansion into the capillary wall (mesangial interposition). In this biopsy core of chronic allograft injury…
Read MoreEunice G. John (2019)
It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our colleague and friend, Dr. Eunice John. Dr. John retired as Professor of Pediatrics at the University of…
Read MoreRobert O. Hickman, MD (2019)
Robert Othello Hickman passed peacefully from natural causes on April 4, 2019. He was born in Monticello, Utah on September 27, 1926, the youngest of five children of Othello and…
Read MorePaul T. McEnery, MD (2019)
Paul T. McEnery, MD, MBA, Professor Emeritus, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, passed away on March 28, 2019 at home after a long battle with heart failure. After…
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