Pathology Ch 20 Kidney Flashcards

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Electron Microscopy: Subepithelial humps

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PSGN (TOPNOTCH)

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Light Microscopy: Hyalinized glomeruli

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Chronic Glomerulonephritis (TOPNOTCH)

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Electron Microscopy: Subepithelial deposits

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Membranous glomerulopathy (TOPNOTCH)

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Electron Microscopy: Loss of foot processes

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Minimal Change Disease (TOPNOTCH)

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Electron Microscopy: Subendothelial deposits

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MPGN Type 1 (TOPNOTCH)

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Flourescence Microscopy: Linear IgG and C3

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Goodpasture’s disease (TOPNOTCH)

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Light Microscopy: Normal, with lipid in tubules

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Minimal Change Disease (TOPNOTCH)

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What is the most common type of Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC)?

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Clear cell RCC (TOPNOTCH)

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What are the 3 classic diagnostic features of RCC?

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  1. Costovertebral Pain (TOPNOTCH)
  2. Palpable Mass
  3. Hematuria
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Among the 3 classic diagnostic features of RCC, which feature is the most reliable?

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Hematuria (TOPNOTCH)

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RCC morphology: pale eosinophilic cells, often with a perinuclear halo, arranged in solid sheets with a concentration of the largest cells around the blood vessels

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Chromophobe RCC (TOPNOTCH)

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RCC morphology: rounder or polygonal shape and have abundant clear or granular cytoplasm with stains with glycogen and lipid

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Clear Cell RCC (TOPNOTCH)

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RCC morphology: arise from DCT and are typically hemorrhagic and cystic

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Papillary RCC (TOPNOTCH)

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RCC morphology: irregular channels lined by highly atypical epithelium with a hobnail pattern.

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Collecting Duct Carcinoma (TOPNOTCH)

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RCC morphology: Interstitial foam cells and psamomma bodies

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Papillary Carcinoma (TOPNOTCH)

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Urolithiasis: most common type

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Calcium Oxalate stones (TOPNOTCH)

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Urolithiasis: staghorn calculi

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Triple stones/ struvite stones/ Magnesium Ammonium Phosphate stones (TOPNOTCH)

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Urolithiasis: caused by genetic defects in the renal absorption of amino acids

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Cystine stones (TOPNOTCH)

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Urolithiasis: associated with urea-splitting bacteria

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Triple stones/ struvite stones/ Magnesium Ammonium Phosphate stones (TOPNOTCH)

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Urolithiasis: radiolucent

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Uric Acid Stones (TOPNOTCH)

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Urolithiasis: common in patients with leukemia

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Uric Acid Stones (TOPNOTCH)

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22
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What is the most common cause of renal artery stenosis?

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Occlussion by an atheromatous plaque at the origin of the renal artery (TOPNOTCH)

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23
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What is the most common type of Fibromuscular Dysplasia; intimal, medial, or adventitial?

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Medial (TOPNOTCH)

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Gross morpholoy: flea bitten appearance of the kidneys

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Malignant Hypertension (TOPNOTCH)

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What are the two histological alterations in the blood vessels of patients with malignant hypertension?

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  1. Fibrinoid Necrosis of arterioles

2. Onion-skinning (TOPNOTCH)

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What are the 3 complications of acute pyelonephritis?

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  1. Papillary Necrosis
  2. Pyonephrosis
  3. Perinephric Abscess (TOPNOTCH)
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Among the 3 complications of acute pyelonephritis, which one is mainly seen in diabetics and in those with urinary tract obstruction?

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Papillary necrosis (TOPNOTCH)

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Morphology: acute neutrophilic exudate within tubules and the renal substance

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Acute pyelonephritis (TOPNOTCH)

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ATN morphology: focal tubular epithelial necrosis at multiple points along the nephron, with large skip areas in between

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Ischemic ATN (TOPNOTCH)

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ATN morphology: manifested by acute tubular injury with non specific tubular necrosis

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Toxic ATN (TOPNOTCH)

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ATN morphology: Eosinophilic hyaline casts containing Tamm Horsfall protein

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Ischemic ATN (TOPNOTCH)

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ATN morphology: severely injured cells that are not yet dead might contain large acidophilic inclusions

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Mercuric Chloride ATN (TOPNOTCH)

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ATN morphology: accumulation of neutral lipids in injured cells

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Carbon Tetrachloride poisoning (TOPNOTCH)

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ATN morphology: marked ballooning and hydrophic or vacuolar degeneration of proximal convulated tubules and often times calcium oxalate crystals are seen in the lumen

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Ethylene Glycol ATN (TOPNOTCH)

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Morphology: patchy interstitial suppurative inflammation, intratubular aggregates of neutrophils, and tubular necrosis

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Acute pyelonephritis (TOPNOTCH)

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Gross morphology: irregularly scarred; if bilateral, the involvement is asymmetric

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Chronic pyelonephritis (TOPNOTCH)

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Gross morphology: kidneys are diffusely and symmetrically scarred

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Chronic glomerulonephritis (TOPNOTCH)

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Morphology: hallmark is the coarse, discrete, corticomedullary scar overlying a dilated, blunted, or deformed calyx

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Chronic pyelonephritis (TOPNOTCH)

39
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What is the main cause of renal dysfunction in Multiple Myeloma?

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Bence Jones protein (TOPNOTCH)

40
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Morphology: bence jones tubular casts appear as pink to blue amorphous masses, sometimes concentrically laminated, often with fractured and angulated appearance, filling and idstending the lumens

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Multiple Myeloma (TOPNOTCH)

41
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Morphology: narrowing of the lumens of arterioles and small arteries, caused by thickening and hyalinization of the walls (hyaline arteriolosclerosis)

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Benign nephrosclerosis (TOPNOTCH)

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Morphology: classic diagnostic finding is enlarged hypercellular glomeruli

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PSGN (TOPNOTCH)

43
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Gross morphology: wedge-shaped lesions, with base against the cortical surface and the apex pointing toward the medulla

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Renal infarcts (TOPNOTCH)

44
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What is the most common cause of clinical pyelonephritis?

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Ascending infection (TOPNOTCH)

45
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What is the first step in the pathogenesis of ascending infection that leads to pyelonephritis?

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Colonization of the distal urethra and introits by coliform bacteria (TOPNOTCH)

46
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Morphology: “fibrin caps” and “capsular drops”

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Diabetic kidney (TOPNOTCH)

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Morphology: diffuse increase in mesangial matrix and characteristic PAS positive nodules

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Diabetic glomerulosclerosis (TOPNOTCH)

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Flourescence microscopy: deposition of IgA, sometimes with IgG and C3, in the mesangial region

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Henoch Schonlein Purpura (TOPNOTCH)

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Morphology: “tram track” “double contour” glomerular capillary walls

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Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (TOPNOTCH)

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Morphology: collapsed glomerular tufts and the crescent shaped mass of proliferating cells and leukocytes internal to Bowman capsule

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Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (TOPNOTCH)

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Gross morphology: wedge-shaped lesions, with base against the cortical surface and the apex pointing toward the medulla

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Renal infarcts (TOPNOTCH)

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What is the most common cause of clinical pyelonephritis?

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Ascending infection (TOPNOTCH)

53
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What is the first step in the pathogenesis of ascending infection that leads to pyelonephritis?

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Colonization of the distal urethra and introits by coliform bacteria (TOPNOTCH)

54
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Morphology: “fibrin caps” and “capsular drops”

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Diabetic kidney (TOPNOTCH)

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Morphology: diffuse increase in mesangial matrix and characteristic PAS positive nodules

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Diabetic glomerulosclerosis (TOPNOTCH)

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Flourescence microscopy: deposition of IgA, sometimes with IgG and C3, in the mesangial region

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Henoch Schonlein Purpura (TOPNOTCH)

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Morphology: “tram track” “double contour” glomerular capillary walls

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Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (TOPNOTCH)

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Morphology: collapsed glomerular tufts and the crescent shaped mass of proliferating cells and leukocytes internal to Bowman capsule

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Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (TOPNOTCH)

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Morphology: glomeruli show thickening and sometimes splitting of capillary walls, due largely to endothelial and subendothelial swelling, and deposits of fibrin-related materials in the capillary lumens, subendothelially, and in the mesangium.

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Childhood Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome(TOPNOTCH)

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Gross morphology: flea bitten appearance of the kidney

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Malignant hypertension(TOPNOTCH)

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Gross morphology: fine, leathery granularity of the surface of the kidney

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nephrosclerosis(TOPNOTCH)

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What is the emerging viral pathogen that causes pyelonephritis in kidney allografts?

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Polyoma virus(TOPNOTCH)

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Morphology: enlarged tubular epithelial cells with nuclear inclusions

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Polyoma kidney (TOPNOTCH)

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Flourescence microscopy: deposition of IgA, sometimes with IgG and C3, in the mesangial region

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Henoch Schonlein Purpura (TOPNOTCH)

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Electron microscopy: irregular thickening of the BM of the glomerulus, lamination of the lamina densa, and foci of rarefaction

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Alport Syndrome (TOPNOTCH)

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Morphology: lamina densa of the GBM is transformed into an irregular, ribbon like, extremely electron dense structure

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Dense Deposti Disease or Type II MPGN (TOPNOTCH)

67
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ESRD is defined as GFR less than how many percent of normal?

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5%(TOPNOTCH)

68
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Renal failure is defined as GFR less than how many percent of normal?

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20%-25%(TOPNOTCH)

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In renal insufficiency is defined as GFR less than how many percent of normal?

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20%-50%(TOPNOTCH)

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Diminished renal reserve is define as GFR less than how many percent of normal?

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50%(TOPNOTCH)