Educational Case: Nephrotic Syndrome in Older Adult

Eric Dove; Jolanta Kowalewska

doi:10.1177/2374289520944554

Educational Case: Nephrotic Syndrome in Older Adult

Acad Pathol. 2020 Aug 18:7:2374289520944554. doi: 10.1177/2374289520944554. eCollection 2020 Jan-Dec.

Authors

Eric Dove¹, Jolanta Kowalewska¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology and Anatomy, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA.

Abstract

The following fictional case is intended as a learning tool within the Pathology Competencies for Medical Education (PCME), a set of national standards for teaching pathology. These are divided into three basic competencies: Disease Mechanisms and Processes, Organ System Pathology, and Diagnostic Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology. For additional information, and a full list of learning objectives for all three competencies, see http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2374289517715040.¹.

Keywords: amyloidosis; dysproteinemic nephropathies; kidney; nephritic syndrome; nephrotic syndrome; organ system pathology; pathology competences; renal syndromes.