Ordering Guidance

If additional interpretation/analysis is needed, request PATHC / Pathology Consultation along with this test and send the corresponding renal pathology light microscopy and immunofluorescence (IF) slides (or IF images on a CD), electron microscopy images (prints or CD), and the pathology report.

Necessary Information

A preliminary pathology report is required for testing to be performed. Send information with specimen. The laboratory will not reject testing if a reason for testing is not provided; however appropriate testing and interpretation may be compromised or delayed. If not provided, an appropriate indication for testing may be entered by Mayo Clinic Laboratories.

Specimen Required

Specimen Type: Kidney tissue

Preferred: 2 Unstained positively charged glass slide (25- x 75- x 1-mm) per test ordered; paraffin sections 3 to 4-microns thick

Acceptable: Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) kidney tissue block