Internal Medicine

Renal biopsy

Questions discussed in this category

Are there instances when you would pursue a kidney biopsy in a pregnant patient instead of waiting to perform the procedure post-delivery?

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Is there a role for a kidney biopsy in patients diagnosed with Fabry disease through genetic testing?

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Is there a kidney length for which you would no longer recommend attempting a kidney biopsy due to safety concerns and lack of diagnostic yield?

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Would you recommend proceeding with a kidney biopsy for patients' with Waldenström's macroglobulinemia who have hematuria and normal kidney function?

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Do you recommend a kidney biopsy in a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome diagnosed two years prior who develops new onset proteinuria?

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Are there cases of glomerulonephritis where you do not perform a kidney biopsy in a patient deemed safe to undergo the procedure?

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Papers discussed in this category

Kidney international reports, 2021 Jan 06

Spectrum of Kidney Involvement in Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndromes.

Clin J Am Soc Nephrol, 2018 Jul 6

Kidney Involvement of Patients with Waldenström Macroglobulinemia and Other IgM-Producing B Cell Lymphoproliferative Disorders.

American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, 2019 Jul 19

Dysproteinemia and the Kidney: Core Curriculum 2019.

Kidney research and clinical practice, 2021 Nov 29

Fabry nephropathy before and after enzyme replacement therapy: important role of renal biopsy in patients with Fabry disease.

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