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9-15-2025

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This article is the author's final published version in Academic Pathology, Volume 12, Issue 4, October–December 2025, Article number 100218.

The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acpath.2025.100218. Copyright © 2025 The Authors.

Abstract

Primary objective

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 https://www.academicpathologyjournal.org/pcme.

Objective UTK5.4: Diabetic Nephropathy. Describe the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy and the associated clinicopathologic features. Competency 2: Organ System Pathology; Topic: Kidney (UTK); Learning Goal 5: Glomerular Disorders.

Secondary objective

Objective CHEM1.5: Renal Disorders. Discuss the efficient use of laboratory tests to identify and manage patients with renal disorders, to define the pathogenesis of these disorders, and to help distinguish among diseases in the differential diagnosis. Competency 3: Diagnostic Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology; Topic: Chemistry (CHEM); Learning Goal 1: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Common Disorders.

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