Nephrology Flashcards
Which part of the Nephron concentrates urine?
medulla
What is Goldblatt’s Kidney?
Flea-bitten kidney (ruptured capillaries from high blood pressure)
What is Azotemia?
“high level of nitrogen” (urea, creatinine)
Increased BUN/Creatinine ratio
renal failure
What is uremia?
Azotemia= “high level of nitrogen” (urea, creatinine)
(renal failure) with symptoms
What is Nephritic Kidney Disease?
Inflammation with protein loss <3.5 in urine
Increased size of Fenestrations, RBC casts, HTN
What is Nephrotic Kidney Disease?
Lost basement membrane charge
Proteinuria >3.5
hypercoagulable
lipiduria
What is seen in Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)?
Crescents
Nephritis syndrome
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rapidly deteriorating renal function (days to weeks)
(Crescents are fibrin and plasma protein– C3b, with glomerular parietal cells, monocytes, and macrophages)
Goodpasture syndrome, Wegener (Granulomatosis with polyangiitis), Microscopic Polyangiitis
-angiitis: (inflammation of blood vessels)
What is Drug Induced Hypersensitivity?
Eosinophils in the urine
What is Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN)?
Most common in kids. Subepithelial humps (IgG/C3/C4 deposition) lumpy bumpy on EM and ASO antibodies (deposition on glomerulus basement membrane and mesangium)
Nephritis syndrome
What is Membranous glomerulonephritis (Membranous Nephropathy)?
Nephrotic syndrome
EM: “spike and dome” appearance, granular/linear supepithelial spikes and closes
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Primary: antibodies to phospholipase A2 receptor
Secondary: drugs (NSAIDS, penicillamine, gold)
infections (HBV, HCV, syphilis),
SLE, or solid tumors.
**Poor response to steroids
What is Membrano-proliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN)?
Tram tracks seen (Type II has low C3) on LM
Most common in Adults
Nephritic-> Nephrotic
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Nephritis syndrome often copresents with nephrotic syndrome
Type 1: secondary to hepatitis B/C infection (subendothelial IC deposition with granular IF)
Type 2: associated with C3 nephritic factor (decrease C3 levels) also called “dense deposit disease”
“tram track appearance” on H&E and PAS stains.
What is Minimal Change Disease (MCD)?
Most common nephrotic in kids, fused foot processes, no renal failure, loss of charge barrier
**excellent response to corticosteroids
What is Focal Segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)?
Nephrotic Syndrome
Seen in adults (effacement of foot processes similar to minimal change disease)
Most common in IVDA(IV drug abusers), African American, Hispanics and HIV patients
What are the Vasculitis associated with LOW C3? (6 total)
"PMS in Salt Lake City" 1. Post-Strep GN 2 Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis Type II 3 Sub Bacterial endocarditis 4 Serum Sickness 5 Lupus 6 Cryoglobulinemia
What is the Most Common Cause of Kidney Stones?
Dehydration
What is the Most common type of Kidney Stone?
Calcium Phosphate and Calcium Oxalate
What type of Kidney Stones have Coffin-Lid Crystals?
Triple Phosphate (Struvite) (Ammonium Magnesium Phosphate)
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Urease + bugs (proteus mirabilis, staphylococcus saprophyticus, klebsiella)
*Can form Staghorn calculi
Increased pH
What type of kidney stones have Rosette Crystals?
Uric acid
Associated with Gout
Often seen in Leukemia
What type of kidney stones have hexagonal crystals?
Cysteine
Cystine-reabsorbing PCT transporter loses function (cystinuria) and poor reabsorption of Ornithine, Lysine, Arginine (COLA)
*can form Staghorn calculi
“sixtine” stones have SIX sides
What type of kidney stones have envelope or dumbbell-shaped crystals?
Calcium oxalate
Correlated with ethylene glycol (antifreeze) ingestion, vitamin C abuse, hypocitraturia, and malabsorption (Crohns disease)
What disease has Aniridia?
Aniridia means “absense of an Iris (pupil)
Wilms Tumor
(Most common renal malignancy of early childhood (ages 2–4). Contains embryonic glomerular structures.
Presents with large, palpable, unilateral flank mass)
What disease has Iridocyclitis?
Inflammation of Iris
Juvenile rheumatoid Arthritis
What is Phimosis?
Foreskin scarred at penis head
What is Paraphimosis?
Foreskin scarre at penis base
foreskin will strangulate the gland
What is Urge incontinence?
Urgency leads to complete voiding detrusor spasticity leads to small bladder volume
What is Stress Incontinence?
Weak pelvic floor muscles, urinating when coughing, laughing, etc. Estrogen effect
What is Overflow Incontinence?
Cannot completely empty bladder