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normal glomerulus
Potter sequence: pulm hypoplasia and what shown in pic
bilat renal agenesis
horseshoe kidney
immature glomeruli, tubules, and cartilage are surrounded by loose, undifferentiated mesenchymal tissue
renal dysplasia
multicystic renal dysplasia (does not have a reniform shape)
MOI of this polycystic kidney disease
autosomal dominant
MOI of this polycystic kidney disease
autosomal recessive
this disease causes 90% of primary nephrotic syndrome cases in children younger than 5, 50% in older children, and 15% in adults
minimal change disease (no abnormality on light microscopy)
finding in minimal change disease on electron micrograph
effacement of foot processes
focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
HIV assoc nephropathy
glomerulus is slightly enlarged and shows diffuse thickening of capillary walls, there is no hypercellularity
membranous glomerulonephritis
silver stain reveals multiple “spikes” diffusely distributed in the glomerular capillary basement membranes
membranous glomerulonephritis
IF shows granular deposits of IgG outlining the glomerular capillary loops
membranous glomerulonephritis
increase in mesangial matrix forming several nodular lesions. Dilation of glomerular capillaries, some basement membranes are thickened
diabetic glomerulosclerosis
EM shows nodular aggregate of basement membrane-like material (BMM). Peripheral capillary (C) demonstrates diffuse basement membrane widening
advanced diabetic glomerulosclerosis
amorphous acellular material expands the mesangial areas and obstructs glomerular capillaries
amyloid nephropathy
Congo red stain under polarized light shows characteristic apple green birefringence
amyloid nephropathy
deposits of fibrils in a glomerulus adjacent to podocyte cytoplasm with effaced foot processes
amyloid nephropathy
lamina densa of glomerular BM is laminated rather than forming a single dense band
hereditary nephritis aka Alport syndrome
masson trichrome stain, may contain neutrophils
acute post-strep glomerulonephritis
EM shows numerous subepithelial humps (arrows) and mesangial hypercellularity (arrowheads). Capillary lumina (L) are markedly narrowed
acute post infectious glomerulonephritis
IF shows granular staining for C3 in capillary walls and mesangium
acute post infectious glomerulonephritis
glomerular lobulation is accentuated, increased cells and matrix in mesangium, thickening of capillary walls
type I membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
double contour BM (arrows) with mesangial interposition (arrowhead) and prominent subendothelial deposits
Type I membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
IF shows granular to band-like staining for C3 in the capillary walls and mesangium
type I membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
arrows point to a small crescent, C3 glomerulopathy
dense deposit disease
thickening of BM with intramembranous dense deposits
C3 glomerulopathy, dense deposit disease
bands of capillary wall staining and coarsely granular mesangial staining for C3
C3 glomerulopathy, dense deposit disease
segmental endocapillary hypercellularity (arrows) and thickening of capillary walls (arrowhead)
proliferative lupus glomerulonephritis
large subendothelial and mesangial dense deposits (M) and a few subepithelial (SE) deposits. Endothelial tubuloreticular inclusions (arrows) are present
diffuse proliferative class IV-G lupus glomerulonephritis
segmental staining for immunoglobulin G in the capillary walls and mesangium
diffuse proliferative lupus glomerulonephritis
deposits of IgA in mesangial areas
IgA nephropathy
segmental mesangial hypercellularity and matrix expansion caused by the mesangial immune deposits (periodic acid-Schiff stain)
IgA nephropathy
linear IF for IgG is seen along the GBM
anti glomerular basement membrane (GBM) glomerulonephritis
Bowman space is filled by a cellular crescent (between arrows)
crescentic anti GBM glomerulonephritis
segmental fibrinoid necrosis. in time, this lesion stimulates crescent formation
antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody glomerulonephritis
silver stain shows focal disruption of glomerular BMs and crescent formation within the Bowman space
antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody glomerulonephritis
conspicuous glassy aggregates (hyaline thrombi, arrows) in the capillary lumina and subendothelial spaces
Cryoglobulinemic glomerulonephritis
vasculitis. fibrinoid necrosis and inflammation involve an interlobular artery in the renal cortex
antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody necrotizing arteritis
kidney is reduced in size and cortical surface exhibits fine granularity
hypertensive nephrosclerosis
three arterioles with hyaline sclerosis (arrow)
hypertensive nephrosclerosis
arcuate artery with fibrotic intimal thickening causing narrowing of the lumen (arrow)
hypertensive nephrosclerosis
one glomerulus with global sclerosis (arrow) and one with segmental sclerosis (arrowhead). also tubular atrophy, interstitial fibrosis, and chronic inflam
hypertensive nephrosclerosis
red fibrinoid necrosis (arrow) in the wall of the arteriole on teh righ and clear edematous expansion (arrowhead) in the intima of the interlobular artery on the left
malignant hypertensive nephropathy
______ obstructing an arcuate artery, note cholesterol clefts
atheroembolus
capillary lumens (large arrowhead) are obliterated by swollen endothelial cells (arrows), mesangial vacuolization is shown (small double arrowheads)
preeclampsia
renal infarcts (areas of pallor)
necrosis of individual tubular epithelial cells is evident both from focal denudation of the tubular BM (thick arrows) and from the individual necrotic epithelial cells (thin arrows) present in some tubular lumina. casts fill many tubules
ischemic acute tubular injury
widespread necrosis of proximal tubular (P) epithelial cells, with sparing of distal and collecting tubules (D)
toxic acute tubular necrosis due to mercury poisoning
extensive infiltrate of neutrophils in collecting tubules and interstitial tissue
acute pyelonephritis
dilated renal pelvis and dilated calyces secondary to UT obstruction. papillae are all necrotic and appear as sharply demarcated, ragged, yellowish areas
papillary necrosis
cortical surface contains many irregular, depressed scars (reddish areas in A). marked dilation of calyces (caliectasis) caused by inflam destruction of papillae, with atrophy and scarring of overlying cortext (B)
chronic pyelonephritis
many tubules contain eosinophilic hyaline casts resembling the colloid of thyroid follicles (thyroidization)
tubular dilation and atrophy
granulomatous rxn full of foamy histiocytes (arrows), simulates a tumor
xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis
interstitial edema and infiltration by mononuclear leukocytes, with admixed eosinophils
hypersensitivity tubulointerstitial nephritis
_____ deposits appear as golden streaks in the medulla (arrows)
urate (nephropathy)
frozen section demonstrates tubular deposits of ____ acid crystals
uric (urate nephropathy)
hydronephrosis and stones that are casts of dilated calyces
staghorn calculi
_____ due to bilateral UT obstruction
hydronephrosis
preformed antibody against recipient antigens causes an immediate in situ reaction with hemorrhage developing due to vascular necrosis
hyperacute rejection
staining of peritubular and glomerular capillaries with an anti-C4d Ab showing evidence of complement activation by antibodies directed against donor antigens on endothelial cells
acute antibody mediated allograft rejection
acute antibody mediated necrotizing acute vasculitis in an interlobular artery with extensive fibrinoid necrosis of the muscularis, infiltrates of mononuclear leukocytes indicate concurrent acute cellular rejection
acute antibody mediated allograft rejection
_______________ with tubulitis indicated by lymphocytes on the epithelial side of the BM
acute tubulointerstitial cellular rejection