WHAT IS KIDNEY PATHOLOGY?

KIDNEY PATHOLOGY
(A) Nearly normal-appearing glomerulus with mesangial prominence (periodic acid-Schiff, ×400). (B) Positive immunofluorescence staining for C1q (×400). (C) Multiple mesangial electron-dense deposits (arrows) on electron microscopy (×2,500). Clinical value of pathologic examination of non-neoplastic kidney in patients with upper urinary tract malignancies: Wee JW, Kang HR, Kwon SH, Jeon JS, Han DC, Jin SY, Yang WJ, Noh H - The Korean journal of internal medicine (2016). Not altered. CC.

Kidney pathology is any disease or disorder that affects the kidney.

Kidney pathology includes: 

  • Anomalies of the kidney
  • Cystic diseases of the kidney
  • Glomerular diseases
  • Tubular and interstitial diseases
  • Vascular diseases
  • Urinary tract obstruction 
  • Neoplasms of the kidney