Erika R Bracamonte

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Chapters

• Bracamonte, E. R. (2018). Acute Cellular Rejection, Pancreas. In Diagnostic Pathology: Transplant Pathology 2nd Ed. Amirsys Publishing, Lippincott WIlliams and WIlkins.
• Bracamonte, E. R. (2018). Antibody Mediated Rejection, Pancreas. In Diagnostic Pathology: Transplantation Pathology 2nd Ed. Amirsys Publishing, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
• Bracamonte, E. R. (2018). Chronic Antibody Rejection/Graft Sclerosis, Pancreas. In Diagnostic Pathology: Transplantation Pathology 2nd Ed. Amirsys Publishing, Lippincott Williams and WIlkins.

Journals/Publications

• Bracamonte, E. R. (2023). A unique case of Shistosoma-related ureteral stricture:  Diagnosis and surgical reconstruction. International Journal of Urology Case Reports, 6(6), 325-328. doi:10.1002/iju5.12605
• Bracamonte, E. R. (2023). Renal sclerosing peritubular nodules in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 2.. Journal of Nephrology, 36(1), 247-248. doi:10.1007/s40620-022-01347-4
• Bracamonte, E. R. (2022). Ensuring remote diagnostics for pathologists:  an open letter to the US Congress.. Nature Medicine, 28(12), 2453-2455. doi:10.1038/s41591-022-02040-6
• Bracamonte, E. R. (2022). Renal sclerosing peritubular nodules in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 2.. Journal of Nephrology. doi:10.1007/s40620-022-01347-4
• Akilesh, S., Nast, C. C., Yamashita, M., Henriksen, K., Charu, V., Troxell, M. L., Kambham, N., Bracamonte, E., Houghton, D., Ahmed, N. I., Chong, C. C., Thajudeen, B., Rehman, S., Khoury, F., Zuckerman, J. E., Gitomer, J., Raguram, P. C., Mujeeb, S., Schwarze, U., , Shannon, M. B., et al. (2021). Multicenter Clinicopathologic Correlation of Kidney Biopsies Performed in COVID-19 Patients Presenting With Acute Kidney Injury or Proteinuria. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, 77(1), 82-93.e1.
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  Kidney biopsy data inform us about pathologic processes associated with infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We conducted a multicenter evaluation of kidney biopsy findings in living patients to identify various kidney disease pathology findings in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and their association with SARS-CoV-2 infection.
• Batai, K., Phung, M., Bell, R., Lwin, A., Hynes, K. A., Price, E., Karleen, M. M., Bracamonte, E. R., & Funk, J. T. (2021). Correlation between body mass index and prostate volume in benign prostatic hyperplasia patients undergoing holmium enucleation of the prostate surgery. BMC Urology, 10(21), 88.
• Dohogne, B., Arif-Tiwari, H., Bracamonte, E. R., & Babiker, H. M. (2021). Exceptional response to cyclophosphamide and dexamethasone in a patient with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer and RB1 mutation. Anticancer Drugs, 1(32), 337-343.
• Zeng, J., Pollock, G., Addams, J., Bracamonte, E. R., & Chipollini, J. (2021). Leiomyoma of the scrotum: a case report and literature review. Translational Andrology and Urology, 10(3), 1342-1346.
• Harb-De la Rosa, A., Bracamonte, E. R., Chipollini, J., & Gretzer, M. (2020). A Rare Case of Urethral Schwannoma. Urology, 145, e1-e3.
• Harb-De la Rosa, A., Bracamonte, E., Chipollini, J., & Gretzer, M. (2020). A Rare Case of Urethral Schwannoma. Urology, 145, e1-e3.
• Phung, M. C., Rouse, A. R., Pangilinan, J., Bell, R. C., Bracamonte, E. R., Mashi, S., Gmitro, A. F., & Lee, B. R. (2020). Investigation of confocal microscopy for differentiation of renal cell carcinoma versus benign tissue. Can an optical biopsy be performed?. Asian journal of urology, 7(4), 363-368.
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  Novel optical imaging modalities are under development with the goal of obtaining an "optical biopsy" to efficiently provide pathologic details. One such modality is confocal microscopy which allows visualization of cells within a layer of tissue and imaging of cellular-level structures. The goal of this study is to validate the ability of confocal microscopy to quickly and accurately differentiate between normal renal tissue and cancer.
• Staats, P. N., Parkash, V., Otis, C. N., Sharma, P., Ioffe, O., & Bracamonte, E. R. (2020). The Current State of Communication of Urgent and Significant, Unexpected Diagnoses in Anatomic Pathology. Archives Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 1(144), 1067-1074. doi:10.5858
• Lee, B. R., Sundararajan, S., Bracamonte, E. R., Craig, M., & Chaus, F. (2019). Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Bladder Treated by Robotic Partial Cystectomy and Immunotherapy. Journal of Endourology Case Reports, Volume: 5 Issue 4:.
• Bracamonte, E. R. (2018). A Pathology Explanation Clinic (PEC) for Patient-Centered Laboratory Medicine Test Results.. Academic Pathology, 5, 1-7.
• Bracamonte, E. R. (2018). Whole-transcriptome sequencing identified gene expression signatures associated with aggressive clear cell renal cell carcinoma.. Genes Cancer, 9(5-6), 247-256.
• Lee, B. R., Seligmann, B., Bracamonte, E. R., Ellis, N., Arora, A., Milinic, T., Lwin, A., Bell, R., Pangilinan, J., Imler, E., & Batai, K. (2018). Whole-transcriptome sequencing identified gene expression signatures associated with aggressive clear cell renal cell carcinoma. Genes & Cancer, 9(5-6).
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  Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is the most prevalent subtype of kidney cancer, yet molecular biomarkers have not been used for the prognosis of ccRCC to aide clinical decision making. This study aimed to identify genes associated with ccRCC aggressiveness and overall survival (OS). Samples of ccRCC tumor tissue were obtained from 33 patients who underwent nephrectomy. Gene expression was determined using whole-transcriptome sequencing. The Cancer Genome Atlas Kidney Renal Clear Cell Carcinoma (TCGA-KIRC) RNA-seq data was used to test association with OS. 290 genes were differentially expressed between tumors with high and low stage, size, grade, and necrosis (SSIGN) score (≥7 vs. ≤3) with PADJ
• Bracamonte, E. R. (2017). Proliferative Glomerulonephritis With Masked Monoclonal Deposits Responsive to Myeloma Therapy. Kidney International Reports, 5;2(6), 1233-1237. doi:10.1016/j.ekir.2017.05.001
• Bracamonte, E. R. (2017). The Banff Working Group Classification of Definitive Polyomavirus Nephropathy: Morphologic Definitions and Clinical Correlations. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. doi:10.1681/ASN.2017050477
• Bracamonte, E. R., MacKerricher, W. S., Borders, M. H., & Fitzpatrick, K. A. (2017). Traumatic Neuroma of the Breast After Mastectomy. Applied Radiology, 46(6), 26-28.
• Fitzpatrick, K. A., Borders, M. H., MacKerricher, W. S., & Bracamonte, E. R. (2017). Traumatic Neuroma of the Breast After Mastectomy. Applied Radiology, 46(6), 26-28.
• Bracamonte, E. R. (2016). Transmission of Balamuthia mandrillaris by Organ Transplantation. Clin Infect Dis, 63(7), 878-888. doi:10.1093/cid/ciw422
• Bracamonte, E. R. (2016). Uncertainty in Surgical Pathology Reports. A Survey of Staff Physicians and Residents at an Academic Medical Center. Academic Pathology.
• Moinuddin, I., Madhrira, M., Bracamonte, E., Thajudeen, B., & Sussman, A. (2016). Membranous nephropathy with crescents associated with levamisole-induced MPO-ANCA vasculitis. Pathology, research and practice, 212(7), 650-3.
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  ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) is the most common cause of crescentic rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (GN). Levamisole used as an adulterant in cocaine is increasingly recognized as a cause of AAV. We report the case of a 50 year old woman with atypical anti-MPO AAV associated with cocaine use and exposure to levamisole. In addition to the clinical and pathologic findings of crescentic GN, the patient also had biopsy evidence of secondary membranous nephropathy (MN). Although AAV and MN have been reported previously in the same patient and both have been induced by drug exposures, this is the first report of MN in a patient with AAV likely induced by levamisole. We suggest that MPO can cause both pauci-immune vasculitis and secondary membranous nephropathy in some cases, as in cases of levamisole-adulterated cocaine use.
• Moinuddin, I., Thajudeen, B., Sussman, A., Madhrira, M., Bracamonte, E., Popovtzer, M., & Kadambi, P. V. (2016). Early Posttransplant Isolated v1 Lesion Does Not Need to Be Treated and Does Not Lead to Increased Fibrosis. Case reports in transplantation, 2016, 4603014.
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  Acute vascular rejection (AVR) is characterized by intimal arteritis in addition to tubulitis and interstitial inflammation. It is associated with a poorer prognosis compared to tubulointerstitial rejection (AIR) and AVR is associated with a higher rate of graft loss than AIR. The prognosis and treatment of arteritis without tubulitis and interstitial inflammation (isolated v1 lesion) are still controversial. We report a case of a patient who had a biopsy of the kidney allograft for evaluation of slow graft function. The biopsy revealed an isolated v1 lesion. However, we chose not to augment immunosuppression. The patient's kidney allograft function improved over time with close monitoring. Repeat biopsy a year later showed no evidence of endothelialitis and relatively unchanged fibrosis and no other abnormalities. Although it is suggested that most cases of isolated v1 lesions will respond to corticosteroids or T cell depleting therapies, some cases will improve with conservative management. Further studies are needed to determine which cases could be managed conservatively.
• Bracamonte, E. (2015). Acute oxalate nephropathy due to pancratic atrophy in newly diagnosed pancreatic carcinoma. Human Pathology.
• Bracamonte, E. (2015). Allergic Interstitial Nephritis Manifesting as a Striated Nephrogram. Case Reports in Medicine.
• Bracamonte, E. R., MacKerricher, W. S., Borders, M. H., & Fitzpatrick, K. A. (2016). Traumatic Neuroma of the Breast After Mastectomy. Applied Radiology.

Presentations

• Bracamonte, E. R. (2023, November). Fundamentals of Renal Pathology pre-course: Thrombotic Microangiopathy.. American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week. Philadelphia: American Society of Nephrology.
• Bracamonte, E. R. (2022, May). Top Ten Tips for Early Career Faculty. College of Medicine Peer Advancement Societies (COMPAS). Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona, College of Medicine.
• Bracamonte, E. R. (2022, November). Fundamentals of Renal Pathology pre-course: Thrombotic Microangiopathy.. American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week. Orlando, FL: American Society of Nephrology.
• Bracamonte, E. R. (2021, December). Nephrotoxic Manifestations of Drugs in the Renal Allograft. GlomCon Seminar. Online (web-based conference): Glomerular Disease Study and Trial Consortium.
• Chen, Y., Meiklejohn, K. M., Ellis, N., Bracamonte, E. R., Lee, B. R., & Batai, K. (2021, April). Clear cell renal cell carcinoma molecular differences between Hispanic Americans and European Americans. . American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting. Virtual Conference.
• Yau, A., & Bracamonte, E. R. (2021, April). AKI and Hemoptysis a Case of Autoimmune Proportions. GlomCon Conference. Online (web-based conference): Glomerular Disease Study and Trial Consortium.
• Bracamonte, E. R. (2019, September). Supspecialization in Surgical Pathology. American Society of Clinical Pathology, Annual Meeting. Phoenix, Arizona: American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP).
• Bracamonte, E. R. (2019, September). Thrombotic Microangiopathy. American Society of Nephrology, Fundamentals of Renal Pathology pre-course. Washington, DC: American Society of Nephrology (ASN).
• Batai, K., Imler, E., Phung, M., Bell, R., Lwin, A., Price, E., Milinic, T., Bracamonte, E. R., Seligmann, B., & Lee, B. R. (2018, May). Whole-transcriptome sequencing identified gene expression signatures associated with aggressive clear cell renal cell carcinoma. American Urological Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA: American Urological Association.
• Funk, J., Bracamonte, E. R., Price, E., Hynes, K., Lwin, A., Bell, R., Batai, K., & Phung, M. (2018, October). Clinical characteristics and gene expression associated with pre-operative prostate volume in patients undergoing holmium enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) surgery for a treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia.. American Urological Association Annual Meeting. Maui, Hawaii: Western Section, American Urological Association.
• Funk, J., Bracamonte, E. R., Price, E., Hynes, K., Lwin, A., Bell, R., Phung, M., Batai, K., Funk, J., Bracamonte, E. R., Price, E., Hynes, K., Lwin, A., Bell, R., Phung, M., & Batai, K. (2018, September 2018). Clinical characteristics and gene expression associated with pre-operative prostate volume in patients undergoing holmium enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) surgery for a treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia.. World Congress of Endourology Conference. Paris, France: World Congress of Endourology.
• Lee, B. R., Gmitro, A. F., Price, E., Bracamonte, E. R., Bell, R., Rouse, A. R., & Phung, M. (2018, September). Optical Biopsy using Confocal Microscopy for Differentiation of Renal Cell Carcinoma versus Benign Tissue. American Urological Association National Meeting. Paris, France: World Congress of Endourology.
• Phung, M., Lee, B. R., Rouse, A. R., Gmitro, A. F., Price, E., Bell, R., Bracamonte, E. R., Bracamonte, E. R., Bell, R., Price, E., Gmitro, A. F., Rouse, A. R., Phung, M., Lee, B. R., Phung, M., Rouse, A. R., Bell, R., Bracamonte, E. R., Price, E., , Gmitro, A. F., et al. (2018, May). Optical Biopsy using Confocal Microscopy for Differentiation of Renal Cell Carcinoma versus Benign Tissue. American Urological Association National Meeting. San Francisco: American Urological Association.
• Bracamonte, E. R. (2017, March). Subspecialization in Surgical Pathology: Survey Results. Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX: Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology.
• Bracamonte, E. R. (2017, November). Thrombotic Microangiopathy. Fundamentals in Renal Pathology: American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week. New Orleans, LA: American Society of Nephrology.
• Bracamonte, E. R. (2016, March). Public/Private Partnerships: The University of Arizona/Banner Experience. Association for Directors of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology - Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA: Association for Directors of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology.
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  Brief overview of pathology department at University of Arizona and the challenges and opportunities of new alignment with Banner Health.
• Bracamonte, E. R. (2016, November). Hepatitis C Related Kidney Pathology. American Society of Nephrology - Kidney Week. Chicago, IL: American Society of Nephrology.
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  Invited scholarly presentation reviewing the various renal pathological changes/diseases seen in patients with Hepatitis C virus.

Poster Presentations

• Bracamonte, E. R., Morgan, L., & Rush, D. (2022, October). A rare Case of Urorectal Septum Malformation Sequence. Society for Pediatric Pathology Annual Meeting. Rochester NY: SPP.
• Youssefi, B., Al-Obaidi, M., Zangeneh, T. T., Bracamonte, E. R., Kaur, A., Kaur, A., Bracamonte, E. R., Zangeneh, T. T., Youssefi, B., & Al-Obaidi, M. (2019, Oct). Pitfalls in the Diagnosis of Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PCP) by Staining Methods in Respiratory Specimens. American College of Physicians, Arizona Chapter, Annual Meeting. Tucson, AZ: American College of Physicians, Arizona Chapter.
• Batai, K., Harb de la Rosa, A., Gachupin, F. C., Imler, E., Bracamonte, E. R., Seligmann, B., & Lee, B. R. (2018, November). Clinical and molecular profile of renal cell carcinoma in Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, and European Americans. The 11th American Association of Cancer Research Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved. New Orleans, LA: American Association of Cancer Research.

Others

• Murugapandian, S., Hamed, K., Hammode, E., Mansour, I., Hudeep, M., Bracamonte, E., Thajudeen, B., & Sussman, A. (2015, APR). CLINICO-PATHOLOGIC CORRELATION OF CRESCENTIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS IN PATIENTS WITH LUPUS NEPHRITIS AND ANCA GLOMERULONEPHRITIS. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES.