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The objective of this study was to investigate the feasibility of using ex vivo confocal microscopy in fusion mode (FuCM) and the haematoxylin and eosin (H&E)-like digital staining that results for the analysis of basic patterns of lesion in nephropathology.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Methods<\/jats:title>Forty-eight renal samples were scanned in a fourth-generation ex vivo confocal microscopy device. Samples were subjected to confocal microscopy imaging and were then processed using conventional pathology techniques. Concordance between the techniques was evaluated by means of the percentage of agreement and the \u03ba index.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>Agreement between conventional microscopy and H&E-like digital staining was strong (\u03ba\u00a0=\u00a00.88) in the evaluation of acute tubular damage and was substantial (\u03ba\u00a0=\u00a00.79) in the evaluation of interstitial fibrosis, interstitial inflammation, arterial and arteriolar lesions. H&E-like digital staining also allows rapid identification of extracapillary proliferation (\u03ba\u00a0=\u00a00.88), necrosis and segmental sclerosis (\u03ba\u00a0=\u00a0.88) in the glomerular compartment, but the results reported here are limited because of the small number of cases with these glomerular findings.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Conclusions<\/jats:title>FuCM proved to be as effective as conventional techniques in evaluating the presence of acute tubular necrosis and interstitial fibrosis changes, but in fresh tissue. The ease of acquisition of ex vivo confocal microscopy images suggests that FuCM may be useful for rapid evaluation of kidney biopsies and to restructure the clinical workflow in renal histopathology.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ckj\/sfad019","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,28]],"date-time":"2023-01-28T08:55:57Z","timestamp":1674896157000},"page":"1005-1013","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Ex vivo<\/i>confocal microscopy detects basic patterns of acute and chronic lesions using fresh kidney samples"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Jes\u00fas Z","family":"Villarreal","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, Hospital Cl\u00ednic de Barcelona , , Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona , Spain"},{"name":"Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer , , Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona , Spain"},{"name":"Fundaci\u00f3n Hospital Clinic , 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