Renal Biopsy Interpretation

This book is a practical guide to renal biopsy interpretation for trainees in pathology and nephrology.

Beginning with an introduction to biopsy, indications and histopathologic evaluation, the following chapters cover biopsy and subsequent diagnosis of different renal diseases.

Presented in bullet point format for ease of learning, each chapter begins with an abstract summarising the key points of the topic, and concludes with detailed references for further reading.

The text is further enhanced by pathologic photographs and figures to assist understanding.

Key points

• Practical guide to renal biopsy interpretation for trainees
• Presented in bullet point format for ease of learning
• Each chapter includes a summary abstract and references for further reading
• Features pathologic photographs and figures to assist understanding

1. Introduction
2. Indications for Biopsy Proven Categories of Renal Diseases
3. Histopathologic Evaluation
4. Glomerular Diseases
5. Systemic Glomerular Diseases
6. Diabetic Nephropathy
7. Systemic and Renal Limited Vasculitides
8. Anti-glomerular Basement Membrane Disease
9. Paraproteinemias/Dysproteinemias-associated Renal Disease
10. Glomerulonephritis with Organized Immune Deposits
11. HIV-associated Nephropathy
12. Heredofamilial Glomerulopathies
13. Tubulointerstitial Diseases
14. Vascular Renal Diseases
15. Renal Transplant Diseases

Index

Anila Korula MBBS MD
Professor, Department of Pathology, Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Thiruvalla, Kerala; Formerly, Professor and Head, Department of Pathology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India