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05.20 - Kidney, Systemic 2 (Nichols, Hastings) - PP + Handout Flashcards

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Most amyloiogenic proteins are made in

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Hepatocytes or plasma cells

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Median age at dx of AL amyloidosis

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64

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When to suspect Light Chain Disease

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Nephrotic Syndrome or Rapidly progressive tubulointersitial nephritis, associated with cardiac diastolic dysfunction and monoclonal Ig in urine or serum

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Eprodisate

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Limits deposition of AA fibrils

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What percent of patients with HgB SS will develop ESRD

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4-12%

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Presentation of HIV Nephropathy

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Progressive Azotemia, Significant Proteinuria, Minimal peripheral edema

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Glomular histology is sickle cell patients who present with chronic renal disease and proteinuria

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Glomerulomegaly, Mesangial expanion, Segmental sclerosisi

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AA amyloidosis is due to

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Chronic inflammatory diseases such as RA, IBD, etc.

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5
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Light chain disease presents with

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Proteinuria and Renal Failure

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Later Stages of Sickle cell nephropathy

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Interstitial inflammation, edema, fibrosis, tubular atrophy, papillary infarcts

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In the kidney, mixed cryoglobulinemia most often causes what pattern of injury

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Membranoproliferative

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Tubular and insterstitial deposits of amyloid may lead to

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Tubular Atrophy and Interstitial fibrosis

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Interstitial fibrosis and Vascular Sclerosis with abundant brown pigment (Hb breakdown products)

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Sickle Cell Nephropathy

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Concentrating ability in Sickle Nephropathy

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Diminished

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9
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Significant proteinuria but only minimal peripheral edema

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HIV Nephropathy

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Advanced renal amyloidosis results in what kind of glomerulopathy

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non-proliferative, non-inflammatory

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Kidney symptoms in AL amyloidosis

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Nephrotic syndrome, Renal insufficiency w/ enlarged kidneys

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Where in kidney does sickling usually occur

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Vasa Recta

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HIV Nephropathy Histology

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Collapsing FSGS, with Microcystic Tubular Dilation, Intersitial inflammaiton and fibrosis

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13
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Susceptibility gene for HIV Nephropathy

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APOL1

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What distinguishes HIV-associated nephropathy from idiopathic collapsing FSGS

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Accompanying prominent tubular dilation and interstitial inflammation

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GFR in sickle cell

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Increased until 4th decade, then decreased

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15
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Big kidneys on US

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Diabetic Nephropathy, Amyloidosis

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16
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Ig capable of binding IgG

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RF

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18
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Protein in AL amyloidosis

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Ig light chain

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18
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Median survival of AL amyloidosis

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10 months

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18
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Proteins in Cryoglobulinemia

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Ig’s, Complement, RF

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19
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Most patients with AL just have

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Monoclonal Gammopathy, instead of Multiple Myeloma

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20
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Question to ask with Collapsing FSGS

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HIV Test?

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21
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AL amyloidosis can present with

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Nephrotic syndrome, Restrictive CM, Diarrhea, and nonspecific

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Cryoglobulins can be polyclonal Ig’s produced by

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Chronic Inflammation

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Presence of proteins in serum, which precipitate w/ cooling serum below normal body temp

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Cryoglobulinemia

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Early stages of sickle cell nephropathy

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Glomerular Hypertrophy, hemosiderin deposits, focal areas of hemorrhage and necrosis

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IF of Light Chain Disease

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Positive in glomerular capillary loop, mesangium, and tubules

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Mixed Cryoglobulinemia is associated with ___ in a very high % of cases

26
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Coinfection of HIV and Hep C

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Mixed Cryoglobulinemia

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Characteristic LM appearance of Light Chain Disease in Glomerulus

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Nodular glomerulosclerosis, w/ expansion of MM

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Sickle cell disease can cause __, although diabetes is much better known for it

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Renal Papillary Infarcts

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Amyloidosis seen in long-term hemodialysis

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Beta-2 Microglobulin

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Pattern of injury in Cryoglobulinemia

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Membranoproliferative

30
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Cryoglobulinemia

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Presence of proteins in serum, which precipitate w/ cooling serum below normal body temp

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AA amyloid is derived from

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SAA protein

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Mixed Cryoglobulinemia most often produces what types of symptoms

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Constitutional and Nonspecific

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End Stage of Sickle Cell Nephropathy

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Glomerular Enlargement and FSGS

36
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Cryoglobulinemia can be asymptomatic or result in

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Immune-complex-mediated GN or Vasculitis

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Limits deposition of AA fibrils

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Eprodisate

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Tx of AL Amyloidosis

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Melphalan and Dexamethasone

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Ages for Amyloidosis

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Late middle age and older

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Triopathy

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Retinopathy, Neuropathy, Retinopathy in Diabetes

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Gross appearance of advanced amyloidosis

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Enlarged, pale organs with waxy texture

45
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How to distinguish Diabetic Retinopathy from Light Chain Disease

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IF shows only lambda or kappa positivity in light chain disease

46
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What is necessary for amyloidosis

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Extracellular Fibriloogenic Environment: GAG, serum amyloid P, laminin, Collagen IV, apo E

47
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Light Chain Disease glomerular LM strongly resembles

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Diabetic Nephropathy

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Beta 2 Amyloid occurs with

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long-term hemodilaysis

50
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Beta 2 microglobulin is a component of

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MHC class 1 molecules

51
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B cell lymphoproliferative disorder characterized by deposition of immune complexes containing RF, IgG, HCV RNA, and complement on endothelial surfaces, eliciting vascular inflammation

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Mixed Cryoglobulinemia

53
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Most common renal manifestation of AA amyloidosis

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Nephrotic syndrome

55
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How does Sickle Cell Nephropathy most commonly manifest?

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Proteinuria

56
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Hereditary Amyloidosis

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Replacement of single AA –> Renders protein prone to fibril formation

57
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Pseudothrombi in capillary lumens in glomerulus

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Cryoglobulinemia

59
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Monoclonal cryoglobulins typically produce signs and symptoms related to

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Hyperviscosity and/or thrombosis

60
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Pathology of HIV Nephropathy

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Collapsing Form of FSGS

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Most commonly dx type of amyloidosis

63
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Main target organ of AA amyloidosis

64
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__ proteins can precipitate in tubules where epithelial cells coalesce into a syncytium around them

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Bence Jones

65
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Glomerulomegaly, Mesangial Expansion, Tubular epithelial hemosiderin accumulation, Interstitial fibrosis and vascular sclerosis

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Sickle Cell Nephropathy

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___ is a unique feature of the collapsing FSGS associated with HIV

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Microcystic Tubular Dilatation

68
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Light chain disease vs AL amyloid

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deposits are congo red negative and have no fibrillar organization

69
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Tx of AA amyloidosis

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Eprodisate

70
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Beta 2 amyloid tends to deposit

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Synovium, joints, and tendon sheaths

71
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Membranoproliferative pattern of injury with deposition of immune complexes containing RF, IgG, Hep C virus RNA and complement factors on endothelial surfaces and in subendothelial and mesangial locations

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Mixed Cryoglobulinemia

72
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HIV-associated nephropathy results from

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Direct infection of renal epithelial cells in genetically susceptible host

73
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Podocyte proliferation

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HIV Nephropathy

74
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Cryoglobulins can be monoclonal Ig’s produced by

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Multiple Myeloma

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