Case 5: Additional Pathology

Your pathologist informs you the additional slide preparations are ready! Take a look below…

EM (Electron Microscopy)

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Where do you see deposits in the electron microscopy above (more than one answer may be correct!)?
Intramembranous deposits
Correct!
Mesangial deposits
Correct!
Subendothelial deposits
There are no (or very rare) subendothelial deposits, take another look!
Subepithelial deposits
Correct!

IF (Immunofluorescence)

IgG
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IgA
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C3
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C1q
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Click here to confirm the diagnosis!

Case 5 Index
Case 5 Introduction
Case 5 Physical Exam
Case 5 Diagnostic Testing
Case 5 Pathology