Renal Flashcards
Minimal Change Disease
Primary Glomerular Disease, selective albumin loss (loss of anions of BM), Only visible on EM - foot process effacement.
EM spike and dome appearance with subepithelial deposites.
membranous nephropathy
second most common cause of primary nephrotic syndrome in adults
membranous nephropathy
nephrotic syndrome causes
focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, membranous nephropathy, minimal change disease (Lipoid nephrosis), amyloidosis, MPGN - membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis, diabetic glomerulonephropathy.
frothy urine with greater than 3.5 g/day protein. hyperlipidemia, fatty casts, and edema.
nephrotic syndrome
LM - diffuse capillary and GBM thickening
membranous nephropathy - drugs, infections, SLE and solid tumors
focal vs diffuse glomerular problems
> or < 50% of glomeruli involved
nephritic syndromes
acute post-strep glomerulonephritis, rapidly progresive glomerulonephritis, Berger’s, Alport
both nephritic and nephrotic
diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis.
most common congenital renal anomaly.
horseshoe kidney - turner syndrome
Potters sequence
flat face, low ears, limb abnormalities
causes of Potters
Oligohydramnios - bilateral renal agenesis, autosomal recessive PKD
cysts in kidney, unilateral, surrounded by abnormal tissue (cartilage), non-inherited
dysplastic kidney - malformation of renal parenchyma
cysts in the kidneys, bilateral, cortical and medullary, infants, hepatic fibrosis (portal hypertension), hepatic cysts
autosomal recessive PKD
cysts in the kidneys, bilateral, cortical and medullary, young adults, berry aneurysms, hepatic cysts and mitral prolapse
autosomal dominant PKD
shrunken cystic kidneys, medullary collecting ducts, parenchymal fibrosis - worsening renal failure
medullary cystic kidney disease
Azotemia
urea, creatinine, and other nitrogen rich compounds in the blood.
most common ARF
acute tubular necrosis - intrarenal azotemia
Prerenal azotemia
bun/cr >15, FENa <1, normal urine concentration
early postrenal azotemia
increased BUN/Cr, normal FENa and urine osmolarity
late postrenal azotemia
decreased BUN/Cr, FENa >2, decreased urine osmolality <500
brown granular casts are seen in urine
Acute tubular necrosis, intrarenal
intrarenal azotemia
decreased BUN/Cr, FENa >2, decreased urine osmolality <500
etiology of acute tubular necrosis
eschemic (proximal tubule, medullary TAL), nephrotoxic