Special Pathology: Urinary System

Special Pathology: Urinary System — Expert Reference

How it begins

Morphology, pathophysiology and clinical correlation of glomerular, tubulointerstitial, vascular, cystic and neoplastic diseases of the kidney and urinary tract. Expert level.

What it covers

1. Principles of Renal Pathology
2. · 1.1 Basic Glomerular Cellular Responses
3. · 1.2 Location of Immune Complex Deposits in IF and ME
4. · 1.3 Principles of Renal Biopsy
5. Nephrotic and Nephritic Syndromes: Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
6. · 2.1 Differential Diagnosis of Urinary Sediment
7. · 2.2 Evaluation of the Complement in the GN
8. Post-Infectious Glomerulonephritis
9. IgA nephropathy (Berger's disease)
10. Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) and Crescents
11. · Classification into 3 Etiopathogenic Types
12. Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN)
13. Membranous Nephropathy (NM)
14. Minimal Change Nephrosis (MCN)
15. Focal and Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS/FSGS)
16. Diabetic Nephropathy
17. · Mogensen staging (DN for DM type 1)
18. Lupus nephropathy
19. Renal Amyloidosis
20. Acute Tubular Necrosis (ATN)
21. · 13.1 Ischemic ATN
22. · 13.2 Toxic ATN
23. Acute Interstitial Nephritis (AIN)
24. Chronic Interstitial Nephritis and Tubular Nephropathies
25. Acute and Chronic Pyelonephritis
26. Kidney Vascular Diseases
27. · 17.1 Nephroangiosclerosis (Benign and Malignant)
28. · 17.2 Thrombotic Microangiopathy (TMA)
29. · 17.3 Renal Embolism due to Cholesterol Crystals
30. Kidney Cystic Diseases
31. Renal Lithiasis: Pathology and Morphological Consequences
32. Neoplasms of the Renal Parenchyma
33. Pathology of the Urinary Bladder
34. · 21.1 Cystitis
35. · 21.2 Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma (UCC)
36. · 21.3 Other Bladder Tumors
37. Ureter Pathology and Hydronephrosis
38. · 22.1 Urothelial Carcinoma of the Upper Urinary Tract (UTUC)
39. · 22.2 Hydronephrosis
40. Urethra Pathology
41. Pathology of Acute Renal Failure
42. Pathology of Chronic Kidney Disease
43. · 25.1 Kidney Morphology in Advanced CKD
44. · 25.2 Systemic Uremic Lesions
45. Kidney Transplant Pathology: Banff Classification
46. Glossary of Renal Pathology Terms
47. Select Bibliography
48. · Reference Texts
49. · Key Guidelines and Consensus
50. · Seminal Articles and Key Reviews