LabQ 2024 Histology 

Faculty/Authors
Selvaraj Muthusamy MBBS, PhD
Virginia Commonwealth University,
Richmond, Virgin 

CMLE Credit: 2.0
Estimated Completion Time: 2 hour
Format: Online Educational Activity and Post Exam

Instructions

To claim CMLE credit for the exercise, do the following:

1. Review the Technical Considerations.
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4. Review the Educational Activity.
5. Complete and submit the Post Exam.
6. Submit the course Evaluation to register your credit.

Faculty Disclosures​
The faculty have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Technical Considerations

Release Date: 04/29/2024
Review Date:
Expiration Date: 12/31/2026 

• summarize the role of light microscopy, immunofluorescence, and electron microscopy in the evaluation of renal biopsy;

• discuss the role of additional histochemical and immunohistochemical stains in the interpretation of kidney biopsy;

• explain the importance of correlating findings of light microscopy, immunofluorescence, and electron microscopy to avoid diagnostic pitfalls.

• recognize possible signs of hidden epitopes when evaluating immunofluorescence findings; and

• discuss the technique and limitations of paraffin immunofluorescence.