Histopathology Flashcards
What are the main pathologies affecting the renal tubules and interstitium?
Acute tubular necrosis
Tubulointerstitial nephritis
What triad is associated with nephrotic syndrome?
1) Hypoalbuminaemia
2) Proteinuria (frothy urine)
3) Oedema
Also note hyperlipidaemia and hypercholesterolaemia
What are the different types of nephrotic syndromes?
1) Minimal change disease
2) Membranous glomerular disease - phospholipase A2
3) Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
4) Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
What are the characteristics of nephritic syndrome?
P - Proteinuria
H - Haematuria
A - Azootemia (high urea and creatinine)
R - Red cell casts
O - Oliguria
H - Hypertension
What are the different types of nephritic syndrome?
1) Acute post infectious glomerulonephritis
2) IgA nephropathy (Berger disease)
3) Rapidly progressive (Crescentic) glomerulonephritis
4) Alport’s syndrome (hereditary nephritis)
5) Thin basement membrane disease (benign familial haematuria)
What is the main sign/symptom of Ig A nephropathy (Berger disease)?
Frank haematuria
What are the 3 different types of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis?
T1: Anti-GBM antibody
T2: Immune complex mediated
T3: Pauci immune
Antibodies to phospholipase A2 receptor are associated with what form of glomerulonephritis?
Membranous glomerular disease
What are the most common causes of PID?
chlamydia and gonorrhoea
What are the symptoms and signs associated with PID?
Dyspareunia, adnexal tenderness, cervical excitation
How is PID treated?
Metronidazole, Ceftriaxone, Doxycyline
What are the complications of PID?
Fitz-Hugh Curtis syndrome (Violin strings around the liver)
Sub fertility
Ectopic pregnancy
Tubo - ovarian abscess
Peritonitis
What is endomestriosis?
Endometrium growing outside the uterus
What is adenomyosis?
Endometrium growing within the myometrium
What is the typical sign and symptom of endometrial cancer?
Post-menopausal bleeding
What are the RF of endometrial cancer?
Anything increasing excess oestrogen exposure
How do you diagnose vulval cancer?
Biopsy
What is the main type of ovarian tumour?
Epithelial - 70% of ovarian cancers
What cancer is associated with psammoma bodies?
Serous cystadenoma
What cancer is associated with tubular glands and a history of endometriosis?
Endometrioid carcinoma
What cancer is associated with ‘clear cells’ and a hobnail appearance (bulbous nucleus and nuclear projections into the cytoplasm)?
Clear cell carcinoma????
What is the most common ovarian cancer in younger women?
Dysgerminoma
What is a cystic teratoma also known as?
Dermoid cyst
What is a tumour that has cells that have differentiated into mature tissues called?
Teratoma













