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Histopathology 8 - Renal disease Flashcards

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Which part of the nephron is impermeable to water?

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Distal convuluted tubule

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2
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What is a “horse shoe kidney”?

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Congenital renal fusion

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3
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What is the inheritance pattern of adult polycystic kidney disease?

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Dominant

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4
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What is the triad of symptoms/signs associated with adult PCKD?

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Hypertension
Flank pain
Haematuria

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5
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What are the genetic associations of PCKD?

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PDK1 PDK2

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6
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What is the most strongly associated aneurysm with PCKD?

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Berry aneurysm

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7
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In which patients are kidney cysts most likely to form?

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End stage renal failure and on dialysis

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8
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How can the causes of acute renal failure be classified?

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Pre-renal/renal/post-renal

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What is the most common cause of acute renal failure?

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Acute tubular injury

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10
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How does acute tubular injury affect glomerular filtration?

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Blockage of tubules by casts –> leakage into interstitial space –> secondary haemodynamic changes that affect GFR

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What is acute tubulo-interstitial nephritis, and what causes it?

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Injury to tubules and interstitium that is usually immune but can also be caused by infection/drugs

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12
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What is the most common cause of acute tubulo-interstitial nephritis?

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Drugs (especially NSAIDs)

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How does acute glomerulonephritis present?

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Oligouria

Urine casts containing erthrocytes and leucocytes

Crescents present when it is bad enough to cause acute renal failure

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14
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What is acute crescentic glomerulonephritis?

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Immune mediated inflammation of glomerulonephritis with crescents as main histopathological finding

Includes:
Anti-GBM disease
Pauci-immune disease

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15
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Which aetiologies might cause immune complex associated crescentic glomerulonephritis?

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SLE
IgA nephropathy
Post-infectious glomerulonephritis

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16
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What is anti-GBM disease?

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Rare and severe disease caused by Ig directed against the GBM

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17
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How can anti-GBM disease affect the lung?

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Cross-reaction with alveolar basement membrane leading to pulmonary haemorrhage

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18
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What are the features of Pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis?

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Only scanty glomerular Ig deposits

Usually ANCA associated

Vasculitis everywhere

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19
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What on earth is thrombotic microangiopathy? (no seriously if someone works this out pls pm me)

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Damage to endothelium in glomeruli, arterioles and arteries leading to thrombosis??

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20
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What is nephrotic syndrome, and what are is its four diagnostic requirements?

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Breakdown in selectivity of glomerular filtration barrier leading to protein leak

Proteinuria (>3.5g/day)

Hypoalbuminaemia

Oedema

Hyperlipidaemia

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21
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Recall a pre-renal cause of acute renal failure

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Failure of perfusion of kidney

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22
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Recall 3 renal causes of acute renal failure

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Acute tubular injury
Acute glomerulonephritis
Thrombotic microangiopathy

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23
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How can acute renal failure be caused post-renally?

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Obstruction

24
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How can trauma cause acute renal failure?

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Release of myoglobin damages tubular epithelial cells, causing acute tubular injury (rhabodmyolysis)

25
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Which antibodies are present in pauci-immune acute crescentic glomerulonephritis?

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Anti-neutrophil cytoplasm Ig

26
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How can immune complexes in the glomerulus be identified?

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Immunohistochemistry

Electron microscopy

27
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Which syndromes are associated with Pauci-immune Crescentic Glomerulonephritis?

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Wegener’s
Churg Strauss
Microscopic polyangiopathy

28
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Which kidney disease is associated with E coli diarrhoea?

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Thrombotic microangiopathy

29
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Recall 2 examples of non-immune complex related, primary nephrotic syndrome

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Minimal change disease

Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

30
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Recall an example of a primary cause of nephrotic syndrome that is immune mediated?

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Membranous glomerulonephritis

31
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Recall 3 systemic diseases that can cause nephrotic syndrome

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Diabetes mellitus
Amyloidosis
SLE

32
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In minimal change glomerulonephritis, how do glomeruli appear under electron microscopy?

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Effacement of foot processes

33
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What is a common cause of the nephrotic syndrome in children?

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Minimal change disease

34
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What treatment does minimal change glomerulonephritis usually respond to?

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Immunosuppression

35
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Does focal segmental glomerulonephritis produce the nephrotic or nephritic syndrome?

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Nephrotic

36
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What is the broad pathophysiology of primary membranous glomerulonephritis?

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Immune complex related

Immune deposits are subepithelial, outside GBM

37
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What age group does membranous glomerulonephritis usually affect?

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Adults

38
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What is the most common cause of membranous glomerulonephritis?

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75% are immune

Antipody against phospholipase A2 receptor

39
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Does diabetic nephropathy cause nephrotic or nephritic syndrome?

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Nephrotic

40
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What is amyloidosis?

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Deposition of extracellular proteinaceous material exhibiting β-sheet structure

41
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What is the inheritance pattern of Alport’s syndrome?

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X-linked dominant

Affects alpha 5 subunit

42
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What are the symptoms of Alport’s syndrome?

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Renal failure in middle age
Deafness
Ocular disease

43
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What is the most common form of glomerulonephritis?

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IgA nephropathy

44
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What eGFR is indicative of end-stage renal failure?

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<15

45
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What is the most common cause of chronic renal failure?

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Diabetes

46
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What are anti-GBM antibodies directed against?

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The C terminal domain of type IV collagen

47
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What kidney disease is characterised by shrunken kidneys with granular cortices?

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Hypertensive nephropathy

48
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What stain is used to detect amyloidosis?

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Congo red (–> apple green birefringeance)

49
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What socring system is used to score IgA renal disease?

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Oxford classification

50
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What might histopathology show in hypertensive nephropathy?

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Nephrosclerosis

51
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What is the commonest cause of kidney failure requiring renal replacement therapy?

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Diabetes

52
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How does SLE affect the kidney?

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Anti-nuclear anti-dsDNA Ig directed against a broad range of intracellular and extracellular antigens

53
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Does SLE cause the nephrotic or nephritic syndrome?

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Nephrotic

54
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What would be the histological appearance of acute tubulo-interstitial nephritis?

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Eosinophils and granulomas

55
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What is the usual cause of non-diarrhoea-associated thrombotic microangiopathy?

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ADAMT313 deficiency (eg scleroderma and anti-phospholipid syndrome)

56
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Describe each stage of diabetic nephropathy

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Stage 1: Basement Membrane thickening
Stage 2: Mesangial matrix expansion
Stage 3: Nodular lesions (Kimmelstiel-Wilson)
Stage 4: Advanced glomerulosclerosis

57
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How is IgA nephropathy graded?

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Oxford classification (MEST-C)

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