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Pathology COPY Flashcards

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nephrotic syndromes

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  • minimal change disease
  • FSGS
  • membranous nephropathy
  • diabetic nephropathy
  • amyloidosis
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nephritic syndromes

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-post-strep
glomerulonephritis
-berger’s (IgA) nephropathy
-diffuse proliferative glomerularnephritis
-crescentic GN (RPGN)
-Alport syndrome
-Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN)

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nephrotic w/ foot process effacement

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minimal change disease

FSGS

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immune complex deposition

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membranous nephropathy

membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis

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mesangium deposition

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diabetic nephropathy

amyloidosis

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SLE related nephrotic syndrome

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membranous nephropathy

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SLE related nephritic syndrome

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diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis

*MOST COMMON SLE SYNDROME

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thin/split BM

eye/ear disturbances

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ALPORT SYNDROME

type IV collagen defect, nephritis

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selective proteinuria

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minimal change disease

loss of albumin due to heparin sulfate loss

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exquisite sensitivity to steroids

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minimal change disease

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minimal change sx but no response to steroids

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FSGS

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HIV, sickle cell, heroin

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FSGS

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  • thick BM
  • subEPITHELIAL IC deposits (spike and dome)
  • absence of hypercellularity
  • (good prog in child, bad prog in adults
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membranous nephropathy

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anti-phospholipase A2 receptor Abs

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membranous nephropathy

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FSGS response to steroids

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POOR, prog to chronic renal failure

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membranous nephropathy response to steroids

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POOR, prog to chronic renal failure

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  • recurrent hematuria
  • thick BM, focal sclerosis (mesangial)
  • nodular sclerosis (KIMMELSTIEL-WILSON BODIES)
  • preferential hyaline arteriosclerosis in EFF a.
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diabetic nephropathy

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diabetic nephropathy MOA

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hyperglycemia –> nonenzymatic glycation of tissue proteins –> mesangial expansion

GBM thickening/inc perm

hyperfiltration (glomerular HTN and inc GFR) –> glomerular hypertrophy and scarring

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most comm cause ESRD in US

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diabetic nephropathy

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deposits in mesangium (B-pleated sheets)

- congo red –> apple-green birefringence

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amyloidosis

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SLE
solid tumors
Hepatitis (B/C)

nephrotic syndrome

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membranous nephropathy

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nephrOtic sx

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  • proteinuria (>3.5 g/dl) –> FROTHY urine
  • hypOalbuminemia
  • hyperlipidiemia (fatty casts/oval bods)
  • hypercoaguability (AIII loss)
  • dec plasma oncotic P so fluid leaks into tissues –> dec ECV/GFR, inc RAAS –> EDEMA (LE, peri-orbital)
  • infections (loss of Ig)
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tx of which nephritic syndrome is usu supportive bc IC dissipate out

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post-strep glomerulonephritis

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M protein virulence fx
peripheral/periorbital edema
HTN
cola urine

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post-strep glomerulonephritis

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2-3 weeks post infection

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post-strep glomerulonephritis

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subEPITHELIAL humps ("lumpy-bumpy"), deposition
capillary loops w/ neutrophils
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post-strep glomerulonephritis

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dec complement levels (C3) due to infection

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post-strep glomerulonephritis

type II membranoproliferazive glomerulonephritis

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nephrITIC syndrome

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  • INFLAMM process damaging ENTIRE glomeruli
  • damaged filtration barrier –> dec GFR –> inc BUN/Cr
  • oliguria
  • inc hydrostatic P –> HTN, edema
  • filtration barrier to RBCs/protein lost (HEMATURIA)
  • ->salt retention (periorbital edema +HTN)
  • EM: hypercellular (neutrophils)
  • UA: RBC casts (glomerular bleeding), dysmorphic RBCs
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29
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all nephritic syndrome have sub_____ deposition, except _______, which has sub_____ deposition.

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all nephritic syndrome have subENDOTHELIAL deposition, except POST-STREP GN, which has subEPITHELIAL deposition.

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30
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repeated mucosal (resp/GI) infec –> Ig deposition in. mesangium –> repeated hematuria

slowly worsening renal func (BUN/Cr) over time

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IgA nephropathy

31
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nephritic syndrome days after infec

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IgA nephropathy

32
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cirrhosis
celiac
HIV

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IgA nephropathy

33
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IgA nephropathy w/ extra renal involvement

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Henoch-Scholein Purpura
(HSPI)

deposition occurs outside kidney (GI, skin)

34
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IgA nephropathy - glomeruli only

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Berger disease

35
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capillary loops THICKENED

subendothelial deposition

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diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis

36
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fever/rash/arthritis

immune complex deposition (subendo)+thickened capillary loops

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IgA nephropathy

37
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post strep glomerulonephritis can progress to

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crescentic GN (RPGN)

38
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finding of inflammatory debris (FIBRIN + macrophages)

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crescentic GN (rapidy progressive glomerulonephritis)

39
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lupus nephritis

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“full house deposition” (IgG/M/A, complement)

dx: ANA and anti-dsDNA

40
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crescentic GN

Crescents composition/location

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crescents in Bowman’s space

fibrin + macrophages

41
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crescents + ribbon like IgG deposition

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anti-GBM

Goodpasture

42
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crescents + granular IgG deposition

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PSGN
SLE
IgA
MPGN (idiopathic)

43
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crescents + negative IF, ANCA+

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pauci-immune
Werger granulomatosis (c-ANCA), microscopic polyangitis or Churg-Strauss (p-ANCA)
44
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type IV collagen defect (alpha 3,4,5)

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alport syndrome

45
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thick BM
prolif mesangial cell matrix
varying renal func
chronic deposition of immune complexes
double contours, hyper cellular, subendoethelial or within BM deposition
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membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN)

46
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MPGN (types !, II)
membranous nephropathy

location of deposits?

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MPGN I –> subENDOthelial
MPGN II –> w/i BM
membranous nephropathy –> subEPIthelial

47
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tram track GBM

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membranoproliferazive glomerulonephritis (MPGN)

48
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thick BM
prolif mesangial cell matrix
tram tracks
hepatitis B/C or idiopathic
sub endothelial Ig depsoits w/ granular IF
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membranoproliferazive glomerulonephritis (MPGN) 
type I
49
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thick BM
prolif mesangial cell matrix
tram tracks
low levels of circulating C3
IF: no IgG
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membranoproliferazive glomerulonephritis (MPGN) 
type II
50
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cyroglobulins

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sign of active hep C

think MPGN

51
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membranoproliferazive glomerulonephritis (MPGN) 
type II MOA
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assoc w/ C3 nephritic factor (AutoAb) –> stabilizes C3 convertase –> alternative path –> overactive complement –> buildup in GBM + inflammation

LOW circulating C3 levels

52
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palpable abd mass
hematuria
flank pain

usu clear cell histo

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renal cell CA

53
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loss of VHL (tumor suppressor)

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renal cell CA

*can also be sporadic (male, smokers)

54
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renal cell CA origin

55
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yellow mass

highly vascular. often hemorrhage

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renal cell CA

56
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most common renal malignancy young child

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Wilm’s tumor

nephroblastoma

57
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epithelium, storm, blastema on histo

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wilms tumor

58
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WT1 tumor suppressor mut

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Wilms tumor

59
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assoc w/ wilms

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wagr syndorme
beckwith wiedmann syndrome
denys-drash syndrome

60
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WAGR

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wilms tunmor
aniridia (iris absence)
genital anomalies
mental retardation
deletion of WT1 gene chrom 11
61
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ped overgrowth disorder

  • wilms
  • neonatal hypoglycemia
  • macrosomia
  • muscular hemihypertrophy
  • organomegaly (tongue)
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beck with wiedemann

62
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diffuse mesangial sclerosis
dysgenesis of gonads (male pseudohermaphroditism)
WT1 mut

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Denys drash syndrome

63
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hamartoma (vessels/smc/adipose)
benign tumor (young children)
cardiac rhabodomyomas
ash-leaf patches

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angiomyolipma

64
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tumor assoc w/ tuberous sclerosis

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angiomyolipoma

65
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benign epithelial neoplasm arising from CD
tumor oncocytic cells (eos+ granular cytoplasm)
NESTS/CORDS, myxoid stroma

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oncocytoma

66
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tan, well-circumscribed tumor

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oncocytoma

67
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malignancy assoc w/ L sided varicocele

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renal cell CA

68
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bladder (urothelial carcinomas)

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older adults
infiltrative, difficult to completely excise
recurring
UA: hematuria w/o casts

69
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transitional cell CA

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most common
multifocal/recurrent (“field defect”) damage to entire urothelium

old/white/smoker

NO casts in urine

flat or papillary

tx: chemo (platinum), surgery, radiation

70
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tumor that is ideally tx w/ surgery (non-responsive to chemo)

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renal cell CA

71
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rare, need chronic inflammation of BLADDER

risk fx:
mult kidney stones
UTI (schisto)

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squamous cell CA( metaplasia –> dysplasia –> squamous cell CA)

72
Q

rare, glandular prolif of bladder

risk fx:
urachal remnant (dome of bladder-umbilicus)
long hx cystitis
exstrophy

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adenocarcinoma

73
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types of urothelial CA

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transitional cell CA
squamous cell CA
adenocarcinoma

74
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tumor with large eos cells with abundant mitochondria without perinuclear clearing

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oncocytoma

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