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What is the most common cause of nephrotic syndrome in blacks and hispanics?
FSGS
Which nephrotic syndrome is associated with obesity, heroin use, IF tx, CKD due to congenital absence or surgical removal?
FSGS
Which nephrotic syndrome is associated with Hodgkin lymphoma?
MCD
Which nephrotic syndrome is associated with chronic conditions (multiple myeloma, TB, RA)?
Amyloidosis
Which nephrotic syndrome is associated with an Ab to PLA2-R, drugs, infections, SLE, or solid tumors?
Membranous nephropathy
Which nephrotic syndrome has a “spike and dome” appearance on EM?
Membranous nephropathy
Which nephrotic syndrome is associated with HBV and HCV?
Type I membranoproliferative GN
Which nephrotic syndrome is associated with C3 nephritic factor Ab?
Type II membranoproliferative GN
Which nephrotic syndrome has a “tram track” appearance?
Type I membranoproliferative GN
Which nephrotic syndrome has eosinophilic nodular glomerulosclerosis (Kimmelstiel-Wilson lesions) on LM?
Diabetic glomerulonephropathy
What is the most common cause of nephrotic syndrome in Caucasian adults?
Membranous glomerulonephropathy
Which kidney pathology is associated with “crescents?”
RPGN (nephritic)
What do the crescents of RPGN consist of?
Fibrin and plasma proteins with glomerular parietal cells, monocytes, and macrophages
What disease processes can lead to RPGN?
Goodpasture syndrome, Wegener granulomatosis, Microscopic polyangiitis, Churgg-Strauss
What is the most common cause of death in SLE?
Diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis
What is the most common cause of nephropathy worldwide?
IgA nephropathy (Berger disease)
What is Alport syndrome?
Mutation in type IV collagen –> thinning and splitting of glomerular BM. X linked. Isolated hematuria. Glomerulonephritis, deafness, and eye problems.
IgA nephropathy is seen with what disease?
Henoch-Schonlein purpura
What kind of kidney stones look like coffin lids?
Struvite
What kind of kidney stones look hexagonal?
Cystine
What kind of kidney stones look rhomboid or rosette-lke?
Uric acid
Ethylene glycol, VitC abuse, or Crohn disease can lead to what kind of kidney stones?
Ca oxalate
What is the tx for recurrent calcium kidney stones?
Thiazides and citrate
What causes struvite kidney stones?
UTI with urease positive bugs
Renal oncocytomas arise from which cells?
Collecting duct cells
What is the WAGR complex?
Wilms tumor, Aniridia, Genitourinary malformation, mental Retardation
Transitional cell carcinoma (kidney) arises from what cells?
Urothelial cells
Drug-induced interstitial nephritis (tubulointerstitial nephritis) can progress to what?
Renal papillary necrosis
How does Drug-induced interstitial nephritis present?
Either asymptomatic or with fever, rash, hematuria, oliguria, CVA tenderness about 2 weeks after starting drug
What parts of the kidney are highly susceptible to ischemic injury?
PCT and thick ascending limb
What part of the kidney is highly susceptible to nephrotoxic injury?
PCT
What is renal papillary necrosis associated with?
DM, acute pyelonephritis, chronic phenacetin use (acetaminophen), HbS/SS
How does renal papillary necrosis present?
Gross hematuria and proteinuria
Hypersegmented PMNs are seen in what?
B12/folate deficiency
What kind of gene malfunctioning leads to alpha-thalassemia?
Alpha globin gene deletion
What kind of gene malfunctioning leads to bet-thalassemia?
Point mutations in splice sites and promoter sequences
What blood disease presents with a crew cut appearance on xray and chipmunk facies?
Beta thalassemia major
Beta thalassemia major predisposes to aplastic crisis by which bug?
Parvovirus B19
What leads to basophilic stippling of RBCs?
Lead poisoning, anemia of chronic disease, EtOH abuse, lead poisoning, and thalassemias
What is first line treatment for lead poisoning?
Dimercaprol and EDTA
Orotic aciduria leads to what kind of anemia?
Megaloblastic macrocytic anemia
What is the pathophysiology of orotic aciduria?
Defect in UMP synthase; cannot convert orotic acid to UMP in de novo pyrimidine synthase pathway. Tx is UMP.
What is Fanconi anemia?
DNA repair defect
What are the lab findings of anemia of chronic disease?
Low Fe, low TIBC, high ferritin
What is the treatment for hereditary spherocytosis?
Splenectomy
What is HbC defect?
Glutamic acid –> lysine mutation at residue 6 in beta globin. Patients with HbSC have milder disease than those with HbSS.
Patients with Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria have increased risk for what disease?
AML - 10% develop this
What is the pathophysiology of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria?
Impaired GPI anchor for decay-accelerating factor that protects RBC from complement –> more complement destruction.
What are the clinical findings of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria?
Coombs negative hemolytic anemia, pancytopenia, and venous thrombosis
What are the lab findings of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria?
CD55/59 negative RBCs on flow cytometry
What is the tx of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria?
Eculizumab
What is the mutation of HbS?
Substitution of glutamic acid with valine at position 6 of globin gene
What is the treatment of HbSS?
Hydroxyurea (increases fetal Hb)
Is transferrin production high or low in pregnancy and OCP use?
High (primary)
What are the presenting symptoms of acute intermittent porphyria?
5 Ps: Painful abdomen, Port wine-colored urine, Polyneuropathy, Psych disturbances, Precipitated by drugs, alcohol, starvation
What is the treatment of acute intermittent porphyria?
Glucose and heme which inhibit ALA synthase
What is the affected enzyme and the presenting symptom of porphyria cutanea tarda?
Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase; blistering cutaneous photosensitivity
What is the presentation of Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome?
Thrombocytopenic purpura, eczema, recurrent infections
What is the presentation of Job syndrome?
FATED: course Facies, cold staphylococcal Abscesses, retained primary Teeth, hyper IgE, Derm problems (eczema)
What is the treatment of vWF disease?
DDAVP which releases vWF stored in endothelial W-P bodies
What are the lab findings of Antithrombin III deficiency?
No direct effect on PT, PTT, or thrombin time, but diminishes increase in PTT following heparin administration because heparin works on antithrombin
If a patient has skin and subcutaneous tissue necrosis after warfarin administration, what disease might they have?
Protein C or S deficiency
Packed RBCs are used to treat what?
Acute blood loss, severe anemia
Fresh frozen plasma is used to treat what?
DIC, cirrhosis, warfarin OD, exchange transfusions in TTP/HUS (increases coag factor levels)