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Infectious aetiology of nephritic types of glomerular disease?

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Post streptococcal GN-MC

IgA nephropathy

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Autoimmune aetiology of nephritic type of glomerular disease?

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Good pastures syndrome, wegeners granulomatosis, microscopic polyarteritis-rapidly progressive crescentic GN

SLE- diffuse proliferative GN

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Circulating immunocomplex deposition mechanism producing nephritic glomerular disease?

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IgA nephropathy-mesangium
Post strep GN-sub epithelial
Diffuse proliferative-sub endothelial

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Antibodies directed against GBM antigens mechanism in nephritic type of glomerular diseases?

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Good pastures-rapidly progressive GN

Anti-BM ab against collagen in lungs and kidneys

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Granular IF finding seen in which nephritic type of glomerular diseases?

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IgA glomerulopathy-mesangium
Post strep-sub epithelial
Diffuse proliferative-sub endothelial
[wire looping of capillaries]

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Specific test to confirm post streptococcal GN?

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Anti-DNAse B titres -+ streptozyme test

ASO - degraded by oil in skin

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Specific test to confirm diffuse proliferative GN?

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Serum ANA test-rim pattern-confirms anti-dsDNA antibodies

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Specific test to confirm good pastures-rapidly progressive GN?

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HLA-DR2 +

Hemoptysis–>CRF

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Nephritic type of glomerular diseases that progress to CRF?

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All but post streptococcal GN which usually resolves in children

Highest incidence in rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis

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Infectious aetiology of nephrotic syndrome type glomerular diseases?

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Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
Diffuse membranous glomerulopathy-HBV/syphilis/plasmodium malariae
Type 1MPGN- HCV/HBV

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Malignancy aetiology of nephrotic type of glomerular diseases?

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Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis- Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Diffuse membranous glomerulopathy-HL, carcinoma

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T cell production of cytokines mechanism in nephrotic types of glomerular diseases?

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Minimal change disease

Cytokines-loss of negative charge on GBM

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Immune complex deposition mechanism in nephrotic type of glomerular diseases?

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Diffuse membranous glomerulopathy-sub epithelial
Type 1 MPGN-sub endothelial
Type 2 MPGN-intra membranous

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Autoimmune aetiology of nephrotic type of glomerular diseases?

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Diffuse membranous glomerulopathy

Type 2 MPGN- C3 nephritic factor autoantibodies bind to C3 convertase-constant stimulation-deplete levels

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Tram tracks on EM in nephrotic type of glomerular diseases?

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Type 1 MPGN and type 2 MPGN caused by splitting of GBM by in growth of mesangium

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Specific test for minimal change disease?

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Positive fat stains in glomerulus and tubules

Fusion of podocytes in EM

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Specific clinical features seen in minimal change disease but not other types of nephrotic type of glomerular disease?

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Selective proteinuria (only albumin not globulin) 
Normotensive
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Drugs that cause diffuse membranous glomerulopathy?

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Captopril, gold therapy

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Specific test for diffuse membranous glomerulopathy?

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Silver stain-spike and some pattern

Diffuse thickening of membranes

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Which is the only type of nephrotic type of glomerular disease that does not progress to CRF?

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Minimal change disease

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Nephritic type of glomerular diseases?

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Based on site of IC deposition:

  1. Sub endothelial- diffuse proliferative GN
  2. Basement membrane- rapidly progressive cresentric GN
  3. Sub epithelial- Post strep GN
  4. Mesangium- IgA glomerulopathy
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Hereditary glomerular diseases?

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Alport syndrome and thin basement membrane disease

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Type of inheritance in hereditary glomerular diseases?

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Alport syndrome- X linked recessive and autosomal dominant/recessive
Thin basement membrane disease-AD

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Clinical features in alport syndrome vs. thin basement membrane disease?

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Sensorineural hearing loss and ocular findings in alport syndrome; hematuria and mild proteinuria in both

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Diagnosis of alport syndrome vs. thin basement membrane disease?

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Alport syndrome-EM/monoclonal ab to detect GBM defects

Thin basement membrane disease-extremely thin BM

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Gross and microscopic findings in chronic glomerulonephritis?

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Shrunken kidneys

Glomerular sclerosis and tubular atrophy

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Most common cause of nephrotic syndrome in adults?

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Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis followed by diffuse membranous glomerulopathy

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Cause of acute renal failure following haemorrhage?

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Hypovolemia-> pre renal azotemia-> most common cause of acute tubular necrosis

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Drug most commonly responsible for acute tubular necrosis?

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Gentamicin; amino glycosides

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In which subtype of acute tubular necrosis can acute renal failure be reversed?

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Nephrotoxic- tubular basement membrane not disrupted- tubular cell regeneration possible

Ischemic-bm disrupted

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Lab findings in acute tubular necrosis?

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Oliguria (~400ml/day)
Pigmented renal tubular casts
Hyperkalemia, increased anion gap metabolic acidosis
Hypokalemia (diuresis phase) and infection

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Reason for administration of dopamine low dose in ATN?

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Increases renal blood flow

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Distinguishing conditions of oliguria with good tubular function?

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Pre renal azotemia and acute glomerulonephritis

Urine sedimentation- RBC casts and hematuria in acute glomerulonephritis

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Distinguish between conditions producing oliguria with bad tubular function?

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Post renal azotemia and acute tubular necrosis

Urine sedimentation:
Acute tubular necrosis-pigmented tubular casts

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Conditions with good tubular function and oliguria?

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Prerenal azotemia

Acute glomerulonephritis

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Conditions with bad tubular function and oliguria?

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Post renal azotemia and acute tubular necrosis

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Common causes of tubulointerstial nephritis?

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Acute pyelonephritis
Lead poisoning
Urate nephropathy
Multiple myeloma

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Aetiology of acute pyelonephritis?

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E.coli most common cause

Enterococcus 2ndMC

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Mechanism of TIN in cancer patients receiving aggressive therapy?

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Urate nephropathy with deposition of urate crystals in tubules and interstitium

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Mechanism of TIN in persons with chronic pain?

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Aspirin- decreases renal blood flow by blocking prostaglandin release

Acetaminophen-free radical damage

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Mechanism of TIN with patients on rifampin/penicillin?

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Drug induced nephropathy-type 1 and 4 hypersensitivity reaction

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Mechanism of TIN in young girls?

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Acute/chronic pyelonephritis-short urethra

Vesicoureteral reflux with ascending infection

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Mechanism of TIN in elderly

Male?

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BPH- lower urinary tract obstruction-chronic pyelonephritis

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Mechanism of TIN in chronic lead poisoning?

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Decreases renal excretion of uric acid-urate nephropathy

Direct toxicity

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Mechanism of TIN in multiple myeloma patients?

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Bence Jones proteinuria-foreign body giant cell reaction in tubular lumen in PT

Nephrocalcinosis- calcification of collecting duct 2 to hypercalcemia due to lytic lesions

Primary amyloidosis-light chains to amyloid

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Clinical findings in acute pyelonephritis vs. chronic pyelonephritis?

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Acute: Spiking fever, flank pain
Increased frequency of urination
Painful urination

Chronic: history
Reflux nephropathy->HTN in children
CRF

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Gross and microscopy findings in acute pyelonephritis vs. chronic?

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Acute- abscess in cortex and medulla; micro abscess in tubules

Chronic-reflux: U shaped scars overlying blunt calyx
Obstructive: dilation of calyx with diffuse thinning of cortical tissue
Thyroidisation (eosinophilic material) of tubules with atrophy

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Specific diagnosis of acute vs chronic pyelonephritis?

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Acute- WBC casts, pyuria/bacteruria and hematuria

Chronic-IV pyelogram-U shaped scars overlying blunt calyx

49
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Causes of renal papillary necrosis?

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APN, analgesic nephropathy, DM and sickle cell disease/trait

50
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Lab diagnosis of renal papillary necrosis?

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Sloughing of renal papillae- hematuria, proteinuria, flank pain

IVP- ring defect

51
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Most common cause of chronic renal failure?

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DM

51
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Mechanism for normocytic anaemia in chronic renal failure?

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Decreased erythropoietin

51
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Mechanism of osteomalacia vs. osteoporosis in chronic renal failure?

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Osteomalacia- loss of mineralised bone due to hypovitaminosis D-hypocalcemia

Osteoporosis-metabolic acidosis-excess H+ buffered by bone

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Mechanism of cystic lesions in jaw/ osteitis fibrosa cystica in chronic renal failure?

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Hypovitaminosis D->hypocalcemia->+ PTH-> secondary hyperparathyroidism->increases bone resorption

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Mechanism of HTN and CCF in chronic renal failure?

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Salt retention and volume overload

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Mechanism of hyperkalemia and hyponatremia in chronic renal failure?

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Volume overload- dilution hyponatremia/Na loss

Hyperkalemia- very low GFR and metabolic acidosis shifts K+ from ICF to ECF

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Mechanism of hypocalcemia in chronic renal failure?

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Hypovitaminosis D-decreased synthesis of 1-alpha hydroxylase in PT

Hyperphosphatemia- drives Ca into bones and soft tissues [metastatic calcification]

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Mechanism of free water clearance =0 in chronic renal failure?

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Tubular dysfunction- loss of concentration and dilution

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Specific test to diagnose chronic renal failure?

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Increased serum cystatin C(>1.3mg/flow)

Only filtered not secreted; cysteine protease inhibitor produced by all nucleated cells

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Mechanism of prolonged bleeding time in chronic renal failure?

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Platelet aggregation defect [qualitative]

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Pathogenesis of benign nephrosclerosis vs. malignant HTN?

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Benign nephrosclerosis-hyaline arteriolosclerosis in arterioles of renal cortex

Malignant HTN-vascular damage to arterioles and small arteries->hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis and fibrinoid necrosis

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Risk factors for malignant HTN?

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BNS
Haemolytic uremic syndrome
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
Systemic sclerosis

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Features of hypertensive encephalopathy in malignant HTN?

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Cerebral edema
Papilledema
Retinopathy-exudates, flame hemorrhages
Potential for intracerebral bleed

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Morphology of kidney in benign nephrosclerosis?

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Small kidney; granular cortical surface

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Aetiology of renal infarction?

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Embolisation from L. Heart
Atheroembolic disease
Vasculitis; polyarteritis nodosa

64
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Diagnosis of anuria in a pregnant woman followed by ARF?

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DIC limited to renal cortex 2 to abruptio placentae, preeclampsia–> bilateral pale renal infarcts

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Aetiology of hydronephrosis in children vs. adults?

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Children-congenital bladder neck obstruction/urethral valve defect

Adult-renal stones, BPH

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Dilated ureter and renal pelvis; compression atrophy of renal medulla and cortex with post renal azotemia. Diagnosis?

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Hydronephrosis

67
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Most common metabolic abnormality producing stones?

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Hypercalciuria w/o hypercalcemia- increased GI absorption of Ca

68
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Factors that promote formation of calcium renal stones?

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Hypercalciuria; decreased urine volume
Reduced urine citrate-citrate chelates ca; Urinary pH alteration-alkaline pH favours ca and Po4 stones;

Dairy products-rich in oxalate/phosphate; primary HPTH

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Most common type of stone in adults and its aetiology?

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Calcium oxalate stone–>pure vegan diet, vitamin C deficiency and Crohn’s disease

70
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Most common type of renal stones in children?

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Calcium phosphate stones–> dairy products and distal renal tubular acidosis

71
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Uncommon types of renal stones?

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Uric acid and cystine

72
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Stones associated with proteus infection? [urine is alkaline and smells of ammonium]

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Magnesium ammonium phosphate stone

73
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Rationale behind treatment of calcium stones with hydrocholothiazide and cellulose phosphate?

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Hydrochlorothiazide- causes hypercalcemia; decreases urine ca

Cellulose phosphate binds to ca in intestine

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Rationale behind treatment of Uric acid stones with alkaline pH and allopurinol?

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Allopurinol-decreases synthesis of Uric acid

Alkaline pH-makes Uric acid soluble in urine

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Rationale behind using antibiotic and surgical removal in struvite stones?

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Antibiotic-eliminates urease producer

Surgical removal-size of struvite stone

76
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Colicky pain radiating to ipsilateral groin and gross hematuria. Diagnosis?

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Renal stones

77
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Best test to diagnose renal stones?

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SpiralCT scan (unenhanced)

78
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Bilateral renal cell carcinoma, hemangioblastoma of cerebellum and retina. Diagnosis with inheritance pattern?

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Von hippel-Lindau disease. Autosomal dominant associated with chromosome 3

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Gross and microscopy of most common type of renal cell carcinoma?

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Gross: yellow tumour on upper pole >3cm
Microscopy: clear cells with lipid and glycogen

80
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Triad of renal cell carcinoma?

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Hematuria-abdominal mass-flank pain

81
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Mechanism of left sided and variocele and extension to heart in renal cell carcinoma?

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Predisposition to invasion of renal vein; renal vein-IVC-heart

Renal vein blocked-drainage of spermatic vein blocked-variocele

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Mechanism of secondary polycythemia and hypercalcemia in RCC?

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Ectopic production of hormones:
EPO- 2 polycythemia Vera
PTH related protein-hypercalcemia

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Most common site of metastasis of RCC?

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Lung- cannon ball appearance on radiograph

84
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Most common cause of renal pelvis cancer and RCC?

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Smoking

85
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Renal stones and chronic infection predispose to what type of cancer?

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SCC of renal pelvis

86
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Most common primary renal tumour in children? [2-5 years]

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Wilms tumour

87
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Syndromes associated with Wilms tumour?

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WAGR

Beckwith-wiesemann syndrome

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Clinical features of WAGR syndrome?

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Wilms tumour-aniridia-genitourinary-retardation (mental)

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Clinical features of beckwith-wiedemann syndrome?

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Wilms tumour, macroglossia, enlarged body organs (liver adrenal pancreas) and hemihypertrophy of extremities

90
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Child with unilateral flank mass and HTN. Diagnosis?

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Wilms tumour; HTN due to renin secretion

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Bilateral renal cell carcinoma, hemangioblastoma of cerebellum and retina. Diagnosis with inheritance pattern?

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Von hippel-Lindau disease. Autosomal dominant associated with chromosome 3

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Gross and microscopy of most common type of renal cell carcinoma?

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Gross: yellow tumour on upper pole >3cm
Microscopy: clear cells with lipid and glycogen

93
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Triad of renal cell carcinoma?

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Hematuria-abdominal mass-flank pain

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Mechanism of left sided and variocele and extension to heart in renal cell carcinoma?

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Predisposition to invasion of renal vein; renal vein-IVC-heart

Renal vein blocked-drainage of spermatic vein blocked-variocele

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Mechanism of secondary polycythemia and hypercalcemia in RCC?

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Ectopic production of hormones:
EPO- 2 polycythemia Vera
PTH related protein-hypercalcemia

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Most common site of metastasis of RCC?

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Lung- cannon ball appearance on radiograph

97
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Most common cause of renal pelvis cancer and RCC?

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Smoking

98
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Renal stones and chronic infection predispose to what type of cancer?

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SCC of renal pelvis

99
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Most common primary renal tumour in children? [2-5 years]

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Wilms tumour

100
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Syndromes associated with Wilms tumour?

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WAGR

Beckwith-wiesemann syndrome

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Clinical features of WAGR syndrome?

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Wilms tumour-aniridia-genitourinary-retardation (mental)

102
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Clinical features of beckwith-wiedemann syndrome?

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Wilms tumour, macroglossia, enlarged body organs (liver adrenal pancreas) and hemihypertrophy of extremities

103
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Child with unilateral flank mass and HTN. Diagnosis?

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Wilms tumour; HTN due to renin secretion

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