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Diseases of the Renal system 2 Flashcards

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What is obstructive uropathy?

A

obstruction of the urinary tract
anywhere from the renal pelvis to the urethral meatus
chronic or acute
unilateral or bilateral

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What are the causes of urinary tract obstruction in the pelvis?

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calculi/stones
tumours
ureteropelivic strictures - above becomes distended

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What are the causes of urinary tract obstruction in the ureter-intrinsic?

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calculi
tumours 
clots
sloughed papillae
inflammation
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What are the causes of urinary tract obstruction in the ureter-extrinsic?

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pregnancy
tumours
reteroperitoneal fibrosis

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What are the causes of urinary tract obstruction in the bladder?

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calculi
tumours
functional

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What are the causes of urinary tract obstruction in the urethra?

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posterior valve stricture

tumours (rare)

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What are the causes of urinary tract obstruction in the prostate?

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hyperplasia
carcinoma
prostatitis

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What is the consequence of obstructions of the urinary tract?

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infections e.g. cystitis, pyelonephritis
stones/calculi formation
kidney damage - acute/chronic

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What can obstruction at the urethral level cause to the detrusor muscle?

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hypertrophy and trabeculation

due to bladder contracting hard

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What is the name of the condition in which the ureter is dilated?

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hyroureter

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What is hydronephrosis?

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dilated calyces
dilated pelvis
cortical atrophy - thin cortex

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What can complete acute obstruction cause to the kidney?

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Reduction in glomerular filtration rate
Mild dilatation and mild cortical atrophy
can lead to acute renal failure

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What can chronic and intermittent obstruction cause to the kidney?

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Filtrate passes back into interstitium → Compression of medulla
Impaired concentrating ability → Eventual cortical atrophy, fall in renal filtration and renal failure
OR
Continued glomerular filtration → Dilatation of pelvis+calyces → Eventual cortical atrophy, fall in renal filtration and renal failure

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What are the clinical features of acute bilateral obstruction?

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pain
acute renal failure
anuria - no urine

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What are the clinical features of chronic unilateral obstruction?

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Asymptomatic initially

unresolved = cortical atrophy and reduced renal function

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16
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What are the clinical features of bilateral partial obstruction?

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polyuric

progressive renal scarring and impairment

17
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How does Renal calculi/Urolithiasis form?

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excess substance precipitates out e.g. Ca2+
change in urine constituents causing precipitation i.e. change in pH
poor urine output
decreased citrate levels

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How are Renal calculi/Urolithiasis classified?

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by composition
e.g. Calcium stones (70%) - calcium oxalate +/- calcium phosphate
Struvite stones (15%) – magnesium ammonium phosphate
Urate stones (5%) – uric acid
Cystine stones (1%)

19
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What are the main causes of calcium stones?

A 
hypercaliuria due to:
hypercalcaemia - Bone disease, PTH excess, sarcoidosis
excessive absorption of intestinal Ca+
inability to reabsorb Ca+
idiopathic
20
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How does struvite stones produce staghorn calculi?

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urease converts urea to ammonia → rise in urine pH → precipitation of magnesium ammonium phosphate salts → staghorn calculi

21
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What are the main causes of urate stones?

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hyperuriceamia - gout, patients with high cell turnover e.g. leukaemia
idiopathic

22
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What are the main causes of cystine stones?

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rare

inability for kidney to reabsorb amino acids

23
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What investigations are undertaken when suspecting renal calculi?

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Non-contrast CT scanning = gold standard
Ultrasound in pregnancy or where CT not possible
Intravenous urography

24
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What can renal calculis lead to?

A

obstruction
haematuria
infection
squamous metaplasia +/- squamous cell carcinoma

25
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What are majority of renal cell carcinomas?

A

clear cell

26
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What are the risk factors for renal cell carcinoma?

A 
Tobacco
Obesity
Hypertension
Oestrogens
Acquired cystic kidney disease (due to chronic renal failure
Asbestos exposure
27
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What is Von Hippel-Lindae Syndrome?

A

most common cancer syndrome in renal call carcinoma
VHL gene affected - controls the breakdown of hypoxia inducible factor 1 oncogene
loss of gene causes cell growth and survival
common in clear cell renal cell carcinoma
tumours in kidneys, blood vessels, pancreas

28
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What is the presentation of Von Hippel-Lindae Syndrome?

A 
haematuria
palpable abdominal mass
costovertebral pain
systemic symptoms
metastases (later)
Paraneoplastic syndromes
29
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What are Paraneoplastic syndromes?

A

Clinical syndromes caused by tumours e.g. Cushings
Not related to the tissue that the tumour arose from but what it secretes
Not related to invasion by the tumour itself or its metastases

30
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What paraneoplastic syndromes are associated with renal cell carcinomas?

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Cushing’s syndrome - produced ACTH
Hypercalcaemia - parathyroid hormone related peptide
Polycythaemia - Erythropoietin

31
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What is the morphology of clear cell renal cell carcinoma?

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well defined yellow tumours
haemorrhagic areas
may extend into perinephric fat/renal vein

32
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Where is Urothelial cell Carcinoma located?

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Most common in the bladder but may arise anywhere in renal parachyme
arise from specialised multilayer epithelium

33
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What are the risk factors for urothelial cell carcinomas?

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age
gender - more common in males
carcinogens e.g. smoking, radiotherapy

34
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What are the signs and symptoms of urothelial cell carcinomas?

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HAEMATURIA - most common
urinary frequency
pain on urination
urinary tract obstruction

35
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Which histological patterns of transitional cell carcinoma are non invasive?

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papilloma-papillary carcinoma

flat non invasive carcinoma

36
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Which histological patterns of transitional cell carcinoma are invasive?

A

invasive papillary carcinoma

flat invasive carcinoma

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