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Would you perform a kidney biopsy to rule out other etiologies before diagnosing Loin Pain Hematuria Syndrome in a patient with persistent microscopic hematuria, left flank pain, no proteinuria, normal renal function, normal cystoscopy, and normal imaging?

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Nephrology · Penn Medicine Cherry Hill

Probably not unless something changes.

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Nephrology · University Of California San Francisco Medical Center At Parnassus

Probably not, because even if they turn out to have something like IgA nephropathy or thin basement membrane disease, I would not do anything different. Genetic testing, since it is noninvasive, may be more reasonable.

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