Glomerular Diseases Flashcards

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Renal biopsy findings in post streptococcal glomerulonephritis

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Hypercellularity of mesangial and endothelial cells, glomerular infiltrates of polymorphonuclear leukocytes, granular subendothelial immune deposits of IgG, IgM, C3, C4 and C5-9 and subepithelial deposits (which appears as “humps”)

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Renal pathology of Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis

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Subcapsular hemorrhages, with a “flea-bitten” appearance, and microscopy on renal biopsy reveals focal proliferation around foci of necrosis associated with abundant mesangial, subendothelial, and subepithelial immune deposits of IgG, IgM, and C3

  • commonly present with a clinical picture of RPGN and have crescents on biopsy
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Most common clinical sign of renal disease in lupus nephritis

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Proteinuria

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Antibodies that correlate best with the presence of renal disease

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Anti-dsDNA

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Only reliable method of identifying the morphologic variants of lupus nephritis

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Renal biopsy

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Lupus nephritis that has normal glomerular histology by any technique or normal light microscopy with minimal mesangial deposits on immunoflourescent or electron microscopy

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Class I (Minimal mesangial)

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Lupus nephritis that designates mesangial immune complexes with mesangial proliferation

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Class II (Mesangial proliferation)

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Lupus nephritis that describes focal lesion with proliferation or scarring, often involving only a segment of the glomerulus

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Class III (Focal nephritis)

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Lupus nephritis that describes global, diffuse, proliferative lesions involving vast majority of the glomeruli

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Class IV (Diffuse nephritis)

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Class of lupus nephritis that has the worst renal prognosis without treatment

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Class IV

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Lupus nephritis lesion that describes subepithelial immune deposits producing a membranous pattern

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Class V Lesion (Membranous nephritis)

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Lupus nephritis class that is predisposed to renal-vein thrombosis and other thrombotic complications

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Class V

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Lupus nephritis that have >90% sclerotic glomeruli and ESRD with interstitial fibrosis

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Class VI (Sclerotic nephritis)

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A pulmonary renal syndrome that present with lung hemorrhage and glomerulonephritis, targets Type IV collagen

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Goospasture’s syndrome

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Renal biopsy show focal or segmental necrosis that later with aggressive destruction of the capillaries by cellular proliferation, leads to crescent formation in Bowman’s space

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Anti-GBM disease

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Recognized on biopsy by linear immunoflourescent staining for IgG

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Anti-GBM disease

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Treatment of Goodpasture syndrome patients with advanced renal failure who present with hemoptysis

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Plasmapheresis

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One of the most common forms of glomerulonephritis worldwide

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IgA nephropathy

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An immune complex-mediated glomerulonephritis defined by the presence of diffuse mesangial IgA deposits often associated with mesangial hypercellularity

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IgA nephropathy

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Two most common presentations of IgA nephropathy

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  1. Recurrent episodes of macroscopic hematuria during or immediately following a URTI often accompanied by proteinuria
  2. Persistent asymptomatic microscopic hematuria
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ANCA Small-vessel vasculitis

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Granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Microscopic polyangiitis
Churg strauss Syndrome
Renal limited Vasculitis

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ANCA that is more common in granulomatosis with polyangiitis

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Anti-PR3

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ANCA that is more common in microscopic polyangiitis or Churg-Strauss

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Anti-MPO

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Classically present with fever, purulent rhinorrhea, nasal ulcers, sinus pan, polyarthralgias/arthritis, cough, hemoptysis, shortness of breath, microscopic hematuria, and 0.5-1 g/24h of proteinuria

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Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis

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CXR finding of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis

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Nodules and persistent infiltrate, sometimes with cavities

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Renal biopsy during active disease demonstrate segmental necrotizing glomerulonephritis as focal, mixed, crescenteric or sclerotic without immune deposits

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Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis

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Disease that is more common in patients exposed to silica dust and thosewith a1 antitrypsin deficiency

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Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis

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ANCA positive vasculitis with no granulomas on kidney biopsy

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Microscopic polyangiitis

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Associated with peripheral eosinophilia, cutaneous purpura, mononeuritis, asthma and allergic rhinitis

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Churg-strauss syndrome

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Commonly associated with persistent hepatitis C infections, autoimmune diseases like lupus or cryoglobulinemia or neoplastic diseases

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Type I MPGN

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The most proliferative of the three types of MPGN

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Type 1 MPGN

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Shows mesangial proliferation with lobular segmentation on renal biopsy and mesangial interposition between the capillary basement membrane and endothelial cells producing a double contour sometimes called “tram tracking”

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Type 1 MPGN

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Low serum C3 and a dense thickening of the GBM containing ribbons of dense deposits and C3

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Type 2 MPGN (Dense deposit disease)

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Treatment of MPGN in the presence of proteinuria

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RAAS inhibitors

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Characterized by expansion of the mesangium, sometimes associated with mesangial hypercellularity; thin , single contoured capillary walls, and mesangial immune deposits

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Mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis

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Shows no obvious glomerular lesion by light microscopy and is negative for deposits by immunofluorescent microscopy or occasionally shows small amounts of IgM in the mesangium

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Minimal change disease

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Presents clinically with abrupt onset of edema and nephrotic syndrome accompanied by acellular urinary sediment

Light and immunoflourescent microscopy: negative findings
Electron microscope - effacement of foot processes

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Minimal change disease

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Treatment of minimal change disease

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Steroids

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MCD patients who have a complete remission after a single course of prednisone

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Primary responders

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MCD patients who have two or more relapses in the 6 months following taper

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Frequent relapsers

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Refers to a pattern of renal injury characterized by segmental glomerular scars that involve some but not all glomeruli , clinically manifests as proteinuria

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Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

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Most common cause of nephrotic syndrome in the elderly

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Membranous glomerulonephritis

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Characterized by uniform thickening of the basement membrane along the peripheral capillary loops.

Electron microscopy reveals electron-dense subepithelial deposits

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Membranous glomerulonephritis

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Risk factors for the development of diabetic nephropathy

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Hyperglycemia
Hypertension
Dyslipidemia
Smoking
Family history of diabetic nephropathy
Genetic polymorphisms affecting the activity of the RAAS

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Timeline when morphologic changes appear in the kidney after the onset of clinical diabetes

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Within 1-2 years

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Eosinophilic , PAS+nodules which develop in some patients with diabetic nephropathy

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Nordular glomerulosclerosis or Kimmelstiel-Wilson nodules

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A potent risk factor for cardiovascular events and death in patients with Type 2 Diabetes

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Microalbuminuria

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How long does it take for diabetic nephropathy to reach ESRD from the earliest stages of microalbuminuria

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10-20 years