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Diagnose This (March 7, 2022)

Clarissa Cassol, MD renal pathologist at arkana laboratories
By Clarissa Cassol, MD

Mar 08, 2022

Diagnose This!
polymer emboli, gray and basophilic amorphous material, glomerular capillaries

In a renal transplant recipient, what is your diagnosis?

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The PAS-stain picture depicts gray and basophilic amorphous material within glomerular capillaries, consistent with polymer emboli. The patient had undergone renal transplant artery angioplasty a few months earlier.

References:

Polymer Embolization From Minimally Invasive Interventions- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272638613000255

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