A kidney biopsy involves taking a few tiny pieces (samples) – of your kidney to look at under the microscope. Special microscopes make it possible to see the kidney tissue in great detail using special techniques.
Few examples when patients need a kidney biopsy include:
- Blood in the urine (hematuria) or
- Protein in the urine (proteinuria)
- Abnormal blood test results
- Acute or chronic kidney disease with no clear cause
- Nephrotic syndrome and
- Glomerular disease (which happens when the filtering units of the kidney are damaged)
- Transplanted kidney dysfunction
- Allergic reaction in kidney
- Prognostication
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