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Competency test renal biopsy EM - Advanced

Drafted by Bart E WagnerChief Biomedical Scientist

Histopathology DepartmentNorthern General Hospital

SheffieldS5 7AU

Tel: 0114 – 2714154Bart.wagner@sth.nhs.uk

Draft date 15.03.2010

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2. Is it normal for podocytes to occasionally have two nuclei?

1. What is this point known as?

3. What is the maximum diameter of normal erythrocytes?

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1. Which protein is this?

2. What are the two major constituents of this structure?

3. Where else are these structures found in the kidney?

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1. Which protein is this?

2. Which protein is this granule likely to contain?

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1. What are the most likely immunofluorescence results associated with this condition?

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1. What is the most likely immunofluorescence result in this biopsy?

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1. What is the most common inheritance for this condition?

2. What is the less common inheritance for this condition?

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1. Why aren’t all the podocytes affected?

2. Which protein is defective?