Nephritic and nephrotic sydnromes Flashcards
Enlarged, hypercellular glomeruli on light microscopy. Granular immune deposits of IgG, IgM, and C3 in the mesangium and along GBM on immunofluorescence. Electron microscopy shows subepithelial lumps.
Acute proliferative glomerulonephritis (post-strep or post-infectious)
Possible complication of acute proliferative glomerulonephritis
Rapid progressive glomerulonephritis
Glomeruli may appear normal or have mesangial widening on light microscopy. Mesangial deposits of IgA and C3 on immunofluorescence. Electron dense deposits in mesangium on electron microscopy. Young male pt with history of similar episodes in the past.
IgA nephropathy/Berger disease
Disease characterized by anti-GBM antibody with or without lung involvement. Linear IgG and C3 deposits on immunofluorescence.
Type 1 rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
Disease characterizes by post-infectious glomerulonephritis. Granular Ag+Ab complexes in immunofluorescence.
Type II rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
Disease characterized by pauci-immune and ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis. No immune deposits on immunofluorescence. Most have circulating c-ANCAs or p-ANCAs.
Type III rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
Diseases associated with type III RPGN
Wegener
Microscopic polyangiitis
Disease associated with type II RPGN
Post-infectious glomerulonephropathy
Is RPGN nephritic or nephrotic?
Nephritic
Pathogenetic type of type I RPGN
Anti-GBM
Pathogenetic type of type II RPGN
Immune-complex
Pathogenetic type of type III RPGN
Pauci-immune
RPGN type with normal serum C3, positive for anti-GBM antibody, and negative for ANCAs.
Type I RPGN
RPGN type with low to normal C3 and negative for anti-GBM antibody and ANCA.
Type II RPGN
RPGN type with normal C3, negative for anti-GBM antibody, and positive for ANCA.
Type III RPGN
Diseases associated with type I RPGN
Goodpasture’s syndrome
SLE
Vasculitis
Wegener’s granulomatosis
Henoch-Schonlein purpura
Treatment for nephritic syndrome
Plasmapheresis
Steroids
Cytotoxic agents in Goodpasture’s syndrome
Light microscopy shows renal changes dominated by crescents. Parietal epithelium with monocytes, macrophages, and fibrin strands. Obliteration of Bowman’s space and compression of glomeruli.
Nephritic syndrome
Features of nephritic syndrome
Hematuria
RBC casts
Moderate proteinuria
Variable HTN and edema
Constant finding on electron microscopy in nephritic syndrome
Rupture of GBM
Another name for hereditary nephritis
Alport syndrome
Features of Alport syndrome
Hematuria with RBC casts
Nerve deafness (cochlea)
Lens dislocation, cataracts, corneal dystrophy
Proteinuria may develop later