Lecture 21: Urinary Pathology 2 and 3 Flashcards
What is the portal of entry to vascular compartment of kidney
hematogenous
what is the defense mechanism of the vascular compartment of kidney
intact endothelial lining
what is hyperemia
active process of increased blood flow due to acute inflammation
what is congestion
passive process due to hypovolemic shock, cardiac insufficiency, or hypostasis
what causes hemorrhage of kidney
trauma or other underlying disease process (DIC, vasculitis, renal necrosis)
who does CHV-1 infect
young Puppies <4-6 weeks
what is pathogenesis of CHV-1 on kidney
- Intrauterine or neonatal infection
- Renal vascular insult
- Cortical hemorrhage and acute tubular necrosis with intraepithelial eosinophilic intranuclear inclusion bodies
answer kahoot
canine herpesvirus
From 5 week old puppy, what cause
CHV-1
histo from puppy kidney, suspect CHV-1 what is arrow pointing at
Intranuclear inclusion body
what is pathogenesis of renal infarcts
- Thromboembolism
- Regional ischemia
- Coagulative necrosis, hemorrhage, and inflammation
- Parenchymal loss and fibrosis over time
extent of damage from renal infarcts depends on what
- Septic vs sterile
- Size, number and location of occluded vessels
Is the following infarct acute, subacute or chronic
subacute
is the following infarct acute, subacute or chronic
chronic
is the following infract acute, subacute, or chronic
acute
acute tubular necrosis and cortical necrosis is a result of __/__
hypoperfusion/shock
how is outer cortex, inner cortex, and medulla affected in acute tubular necrosis
intrarenal blood flow disrupted—> decrease perfusion of outer cortex while perfusion of inner cortex and medulla maintained
ischemic acute tubular necrosis results in destruction of ___ and ___
tubular epithelium and basement membrane
cortical necrosis is caused by __
Prolonged renal ischemia
in cortical necrosis you get extensive necrosis of __ and __
tubules and glomeruli
what wrong and cause
patchy necrosis with necrotic proximal tubules
Cause: acute tubular necrosis
a lesion or disease that reduces medullary blood flow results in ischemic necrosis of __
papilla
what are two major causes of medullary ischemia
- NSAIDS and dehydration
- Dehydration—> medullary ischemia
what is the sequela to medullary/ papillary/ renal crest necrosis
- Necrotic tissue sloughs into renal pelvis forming a nidus for uroliths or directly caused obstruction
- Hydronephrosis
what wrong
Medullary/ papillary/ renal crest necrosis
what is the pathogenesis of NSAID induced nephropathy
- NSAID administration and dehydration/hypovolemia
- Dysfunction and damage of medullary cells
- Decrease production of prostaglandin vasodilators (PGE2)
- Hypoxia of renal papillae
- Well demarcated area of necrosis of renal papilla/inner medulla
what are some associated lesions in horses with NSAID induced nephropathy
- Right dorsal colitis
- Laminitis
- Gastritis
from horse- what wrong and what cause
Top image- renal papilla necrosis
Bottom image: right dorsal colitis
Cause: NSAIDS
what is hydronephrosis
unilateral or bilateral dilation of renal pelvis and calyces with tissue atrophy
what is cause of hydronephrosis
obstruction
what is pathogenesis of hydronephrosis
- Obstruction and continued glomerular filtration
- Tubule dilation and pressure atrophy of pelvis and tubules
- Compression of vasculature
- Papillary ischemia and necrosis
hydronephrosis has a high mortality if __
bilateral
what wrong and what is most likely cause
hydronephrosis
Cause: obstruction
what wrong and what cause
hydronephrosis
Cause: TCC
what is the portal of entry into glomerular compartment of kidney
hematogenous
what is defense mechanism in glomerular compartment
glomerular filtration barrier- capillary endothelium, basement membrane and podocytes
what does the glomerular mesangium contain
monocyte-macrophage system
Damage to the glomerulus leads to what
leakage of proteins (albumin—> protein urea—> protein losing nephropathy
UPC (urine protein: urine creatinine) ratio is 1-3, suggests __
tubular injury
UPC >3 suggests ____
glomerular permeability/damage
Marked proteinuria may progress to a __
nephrotic syndrome
___ in the urine= marked glomerular permeability, they are bigger than albumin
immunoglobulins
answer kahoot
- Creatinine
- Albumin
- Ig
what is nephrotic syndrome
marked protein loss in urine
what are the 4 components of nephrotic syndrome
- Proteinuria
- Hypoalbunemia
- Generalized edema
- Hypercholesterolemia/ hyperlipidemia
what is pathogenesis of nephrotic syndrome
- Marked glomerular damage
- Large loss of protein from blood (hypoalbunemia) into urine (proteinuria)
- Decreased oncotic pressure
- Generalized edema and increased lipids in blood
what is pathogenesis of glomerulonephritis
- Infection of low pathogenicity with chronic antigenic stimulation
- Immune reaction with immune complex formation that lodges in glomeruli
- Reaction of mesangial cells and recruitment of inflammatory cells
- Inflammatory and mesangial cells release enzymes and cytokines
- Damage and mesangial proliferation
what is most common cause of glomerulonephritis
idiopathic
what breed is predisposed to glomerulonephritis
BMD
what is gross appearance of glomerulonephritis
red to tan speckling in cortex, chronic irregular surface with areas of fibrosis
from BMD- what likely cause
Glomerulonephritis
what is sequela of glomerulonephritis
progress to end stage renal failure
what is amyloid
abnormally folded protein (B-pleated sheets)
what is pathogenesis of renal amyloidosis
- Chronic inflammation/ antigenic stimulation
- Increase SAA by liver
- AA fibrils form
- Deposit in glomeruli (most dogs and ruminants) and medulla (shar-pedi dog, cats, ruminants)
- Severe protein loss
what breeds/species predisposed to renal amyloidosis
shar-pei, abyssian cat
what wrong
renal amyloidosis
what wrong and what stain used in bottom image
Renal amyloidosis
Bottom stain: Congo red
what is sequela to renal amyloidosis
protein losing nephropathy, papillary necrosis, nephrotic syndrome, chronic renal failure
what is pathogenesis of acute suppurative glomerulitis: bacterial (embolism) nephritis
- Bacteremia/septicemia
- Bacteria lodge in glomerular capillaries and interstitial capillaries (bacterial emboli)
- Causes inflammation and sometimes infarction
- Forms micro abscesses and necrosis
what wrong and what most common cause in horse, sheep and goats, pigs, and cattle
Acute suppurative glomerulitis/ bacterial (embolism) nephritis
Horse: Actinobacillus equuli
Sheep and goat: C. Pseudotuberculosis
Pigs: E. Rhusiopathie
Cattle: T. Pyogenes
what are the portals of entry in tubular compartment
- Glomerular filtrate
- Ascending injury
- Hematogenous
what is defense mechanism for tubular compartment
tubular basement membrane
what is the most important cause of acute renal failure
acute tubular necrosis
what are the causes of acute tubular necrosis
- Hypoperfusion/shock
- Nephrotoxins
what is destroyed in acute tubular necrosis caused by hypoperfusion/shock
tubular epithelium and basement membrane
what type of necrosis do you get with acute tubular necrosis caused by hypoperfusion/shock
patchy necrosis
what part of tubular system most sensitive to cute tubular necrosis caused by hypoperfusion/shock
proximal tubules
what is destroyed in acute tubular necrosis caused by nephrotoxins
epithelial necrosis with preservation of basement membrane
what type of necrosis is caused by acute tubular necrosis caused by nephrotoxins
extensive necrosis
what part of the tubular system is most sensitive to acute tubular necrosis caused by nephrotoxins
proximal tubules
answer kahoot
nephrotoxicity because basement membrane intact
what is gross appearance of kidney damaged by nephrotoxins
- Cortex- may see nothing, swollen, pallor, white steaks
- Medulla: pale or congested
What is histo appearance of kidney from nephrotoxin damage. What is it dependent on
depends on duration of exposure and severity of toxin
Initially PCT—> PCT and DCt—> LOH—> CD
t or f: glomeruli are affected by nephrotoxins
false
answer kahoot
PCT
nephrotoxic agent ethylene glycol is major compound in __
antifreeze
what is pathogenesis of ethylene glycol causing renal damage
- Ingest ethylene glycol
- Rapidly absorbed by GIT
- Metabolized by liver
- Filtered by glomeruli
- Direct tubular toxicity and mechanical damage from formation of Ca2+ oxalate crystals—> acute tubular injury—> acute renal failure
dog suddenly dies- do necropsy and kidney shows signs of acute renal failure. Take biopsy and see this- what cause
ethylene glycol- formation of calcium oxalate crystals
what is pathogenesis of ingesting nephrotoxic agent melamine and cyanuric acid
- Ingestion of food containing compound
- Acute tubular necrosis of DCT
- Golden brown circular crystals in DCT
dog went into acute renal failure after owner started on new diet. What wrong and what cause
golden brown circular cysts in DCT
Cause: melamine and cyanuric acid
what species does oak toxicity effect
cattle and horses
what is toxic principle in oak toxicity
tannin metabolites
what is pathogenesis of oak toxicity
- Ingestion of leaves, buds, acorns
- Tannins altered into toxic metabolites
- Target endothelial cells
- Vascular leakage
- Hydrothorax, ascites, perirenal edema, GI ulcers, acute tubular injury
- Hematuria
- Death
what is gross appearance of kidney with oak toxicity. Acute and chronic
Acute: pale, swollen, cortical petechiae
Chronic: white streaking/ fibrosis in cortex and medulla
what likely caused these lesions in cow
oak toxicity
Top image- cortical petechiae
Bottom image: white streaking/ fibrosis
what antibiotics are nephrotoxin and which ones in that class are most and least nephrotoxic
aminoglycosides
Most: neomycin
Least: Amikacin
what is the pathogenesis of aminoglycosides causing renal damage
- Antibiotic filtered by glomeruli
- Accumulate in lysosomes of PCT
- Once large concentration in lysosomes will escape into cytoplasm
- Injury and death of PCT
aminoglycosides also cause what other toxicity
ototoxicity
what Is the toxic principle in grapes/raisins
tannins
what flower is extremely bad for cats
Lilies
what do lilies cause in cats and what are some signs
severe acute tubular necrosis
Vomiting and lethargy in 1-5 days and death within a few
what is pathogenesis of hemoglobinuria
- Acute intravascular hemolysis
- Increased hemoglobin in blood
- Hemoglobin filtered by kidneys
- Ischemic tubular necrosis and hemoglobinuria
what diseases cause hemoglobinuria in sheep, horses and any species
sheep: chronic copper toxicity
Horses: red maple toxicity and neonatal isoerythrolysis
Any: incompatible blood transfusions
What wrong and what cause
Hemoglobinuria
Cause: oxidative agent
what wrong and what cause
hemoglobinuria
Oxidative damage
what is pathogenesis of myoglibinuria
- Muscle damage, necrosis and hypoperfusion
- Renal ischemic tubular necrosis and myoglobin urea
what diseases can cause myoglobinuira
- Exertional rhabdomyolysis
- Capture myopathy
- Trauma
what wrong and what cause
myoglobinura- muscle damage
what are the 3 differentials for red urine
- Hematuria
- Hemoglobinuria
- Myoglobinura
what does Hematuria indicate
bleeding from urinary/ reproductive tract
you can tell difference between Hematuria and myoglobinura and hemoglobinuria after centrifuge. Which one is Hematuria
left
what is pyelonephritis
bacterial infection of renal pelvis with extension into tubules
what is pyelitis
inflammation of renal pelvis
pyelonephritis is more common in males or females
females
what is cause of pyelonephritis/type of infection
ascending infection
what is cause of pyelonephritis in all animals, cattle, pigs
all: E. Coli
Cattle: Corynebacterium renale and T. Pyogenes
Pigs: Actinobaculum suits
what are some risk factors for pyelonephritis
alkaline urine, urine with low osmolarity, urine stasis, urinary bladder sphincter malfunction and reflux
what are some clinical findings with pyelonephritis
fever, PU/PD, lumbar or renal pain, Hematuria
what are some gross findings of acute and chronic pyelonephritis
acute: suppurative exudate in calyces or pelvis
Chronic: pelvic dilation and fibrosis
what wrong
pyelonephritis- suppurative exudate in calyces
what are portals of entry for interstitial compartment
- Ascending injury
- Hematogenous
what is defense mechanism of interstitial compartment
intact endothelial lining
suppurative inflammation seen in interstitial compartment mainly __
hematogenous bacteria
what is tubulointerstitial nephritis
inflammation of interstitium and tubules
t or f: most lepto infections are us clinical
true
What is pathogenesis of leptospirosis
- Bacteria penetrate mucosal surfaces or water softened skin
- Spreads
- Multiples in organs
- By one week organism cleared except from sites like renal PCT, ocular vitreous and CSF
what are some acute to subacute signs of lepto
systemic disease- nephritis, hepatitis, endotoxemia, hemoglobinuria, coagulopathy
what are some signs of chronic lepto
abortion, stillbirth, infertility, recurrent uveitis, interstitial nephritis
what is histo appearance of lepto
lymphoplasmacytic interstitial nephritis, fibrosis, tubular atrophy
what is pathogenesis of FIP
- Infection and mutation of feline enteric coronavirus
- Type IV hypersensitivity
- Pyogranulomatous necrotizing vasculitis
- Interstitial pyogranulomas
answer kahoot and how do you know
lymphoma on left and FIP on right
FIP tracks on vessels
what is cause of chronic renal disease in cats
chronic renal infarcts and pyelonephritis
what is the gross appearance of chronic renal disease in cats
small kidneys with irregular depressions in cortical surface, fibrosis
what is histo of chronic renal disease in cats
chronic interstitial nephritis
from old cat- what wrong
chronic renal disease