[Histonet] GLOMERULI ADEQUACY

[Morken, Timothy]

Melissa, our PA's look at them when received in the grossing lab, and if they aren't sure they bring them down the hall to the EM lab and we confirm. Our clinicians seem to be pretty good at getting a good bx without examining them in radiology so this works for us.


Tim Morken
Pathology Site Manager, Parnassus 
Supervisor, Electron Microscopy/Neuromuscular Special Studies
Department of Pathology
UC San Francisco Medical Center




-----Original Message-----
From: Melissa Likens via Histonet [mailto:histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 7:22 AM
To: 'histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu'
Subject: [Histonet] GLOMERULI ADEQUACY

I have a question about how other institutions handle microscopic evaluation of glomeruli adequacy in renal specimens?  Specifically, who at you looks at the cores to determine if glomeruli are present before submitting specimens for further testing?  Do the pathologists look at them? Radiologists performing the cores?  Other staff?
Also, any links or recommendations for training for evaluating renal biopsies for glomeruli would be appreciated.
Thanks, Melissa
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