CVPR Week 8: Renal diseases Part A Flashcards
Glomerular diseases
- Minimal change disease
- Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
- Membranous nephropathy
- Mesangio-proliferative GN
- Membrano-proliferative GN (MPGN)
- Proliferative GN
GN AKA
Glomerulonephritis
Renal biopsy for glomerular diseases is assessed by?
Stains for light microscopy renal biopsies
Patterns of glomerular injury as seen through PAS
What is the purpose of immunofluorescence microscopy in renal disease
To check for abnormal immune deposits in a patient’s glomerulus
Such as IgG, IgA, IgM, C3, C1q, kappa, lambda
and in what kind of pattern is it granular or linear
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Features of nephrotic syndrome
- Massive proteinuria - Loss of >=3.5 g of protein per day
- Hypalbuminuria - plasma albumin levels <3 g/dL
- Generalized edema
- Hyperlipidemia and lipiduria
- typically insidious onset
Nephrotic syndrome onset
insidious onset
Membranous nephropathy etiology
- Primary - ~75% of cases are idiopathic
- Secondary - associated with systemic diseases
Systemic diseases that can lead to membranous nephropathy
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Infections (chronic hepatitis B and C
- Malignancies (lung, colon and melanoma)
- Drugs (penicillamine, captopril, gold and NSAIDs
Membranous nephropathy onset
Insidious onset of nephrotic syndrome
Membranous nephropathy clinical course
- proteinuria persists in >60% of cases
- 10% progress to renal failure in 10 years
- <40% develop severe chronic kidney disease
Membranous nephropathy considerations
Doesn’t respond well to steroids
Pathogenesis of autoimmune membranous nephropathy
- Linked to certain HLA alleles (HLA DQA1)
- Autoantigen is phospholipase A2 receptor (PA2R)
Pathogenesis of immune-complex-mediated disease of membranous nephropathy
- Activation of complement
- Production of proteases and oxidants
- Causes capillary wall injury and protein leakage
Pathogenesis of secondary disease of membranous nephropathy
- Antigens from infectious microbes (e.g. hepatitis B virus) from immune complexes
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Membranous nephropathy features on light microscopy
- Uniform thickening of glomerular capillary wall
- Spikes on Jones silver stain (are basement membrane material)
Membranous nephropathy features on immunofluorescence microscopy
Granular deposits of immunoglobulins and complement
Membranous nephropathy features on electron microscopy
- Subepithelial electron dense deposits (between GBM and podocytes)
- Spikes
- Podocyte foot process effacement
IgA nephropathy AKA
Mesangio-proliferative GN
Types of proliferative GN
Post streptococcal GN
Pauci-immune GN (ANCA disease)
Anti-GBM GN
What is hematuria?
red blood cellls in urine