Renal Pathology Flashcards
Angiotensin II
Vasoconstricts peirpheral resistance arterioles and efferent arterioles, stimulates synthesis and release of aldosterone
Renal derived PGE2
Vasodilates the afferent arterioles
1-alpha-hydroxylase is synthesized in where of kidney? What does it do?
- Proximal renal tubule cells
2. converts 25-hydroxycholecalciferol to 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol
Two functions of vitamin D
- increase GI absorption of calcium and phosphate
2. promotes bone mineralization (release of alkaline phosphatase from osteoblasts)
Hematuria: upper urinary tract
- renal stone
- GN
- Renal cell carcinoma
Hematuria: lower urinary tract
- infection
- transitional cell carcinoma (in absence of infection)
- benign prostatic hyperplasia (microscopic hematuria in males)
Drugs associated with hematuria
- anticoagulants
2. cyclophosphamide: hemorrhagic cystitis
Dipstick detects what?
albumin
SSA detects what?
albumin and globulins
Normal serum BUN level
7-18mg/dL
Where is BUN absorbed? What does it depend on?
Proximal tubule, flow dependent.
Decreased GFR = more or less BUN absorbed
More
Increased GFR = more or less BUN absorbed
Less
Most common cause of increased serum BUN level?
CHF
Normal serum creatinine level
0.6 to 1.2 mg/dL
Non-selective proteinuria with loss of albumin and globulin
post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis
Loss of negative charge on GBM, selective proteinuria with loss of only albumin
minimal change disease
Nephritic or nephrotic: <3.5g/24 hours of protein loss
Nephritic
Inability to reabsorb glucose, amino acids, uric acid, phosphate, and bicarbonate - leading to proteinuria
Fanconi syndrome
Defect in reabsorption of neutral AA (tryptophan) in GI and kidney - leading to proteinuria
Hartnup disease
Decreased cardiac output: increase or decrease BUN
Increase. low CO=low GFR=more absorption in proximal
Third degree burns: increase or decrease serum BUN
increase. increased aa degradation.
Causes of pre-renal Azotemia: Serum BUN:Cr >15
- decrease in CO
- hypoperfusion and decrease in GFR
- blood loss, CHF
Acute GN (poststreptococcal GN): increase or decrease serum BUN
increase
Urinary tract obstruction: increase or decrease BUN
increase.
Increase plasma volume (pregnancy): increase or decrease BUN
decrease, increase plasma volume, increases GFR, decreases serum BUN
Kwashiorkor: BUN level increase or decrease
decrease serum BUN
Azotemia
increase in serum BUN and creatinine
Normal serum BUN:creatinine ratio
15
Why use creatinine for renal clearance testing?
it is filtered, not reabsorbed or secreted
Causes of Renal Azotemia: Ratio <15
parenchymal damage, ATN, chronic renal failure
Postrenal Azotemia: ration>15 initially, <15 if obstruction persists
obstruction below the kidneys
Ccr equation
Ccr=Ucr x V/Pcr
Smoky-colored urine
nephritic type of GN
Black urine after exposure to light
alkaptonuria, increase in homogentisic acid in the urine
Vegan urine pH
alkaline,
Meat eater urine pH
acidic
Absent urine UBG, increase urine bilirubin
obstructive jaundice
Increase urine UBG, absent urine bilirubin
extravascular hemolytic anemia
increase urine UBG, increase urine bilirubin
hepatitis
4 types of kidney stones
- calcium oxalate
- uric acid
- triple phosphate
- cystine
Oval fat bodies
nephrotic syndrome
Hyaline cast without proteinuria
no significance
RBC Cast
nephritic type of GN (poststreptococcal GN)
WBC Cast
acute pyelonephritis, acute tubulointerstitial nephritis
Renal tubular cell cast
acute tubular necrosis
Fatty cast
nephrotic cast
Waxy cast
sign of chronic renal failure
Calcium oxalate
renal stone, ethylene glycol poisoning
Cystine hexagonal crystal
cystinuria
Vasoconstrictor of efferent arterioles
ATII
What produces negative charges of GBM?
Heparin sulfate
fusion of podocytes
nephrotic syndrome
Proliferation of parietal epithelial cells
Crescents
Horseshoe Kidney
Congenital disorder: fused at lower lobe. kidney trapped behind inferior mesenteric artery.
Increased incidence with Turner’s syndrome
Horseshoe kidney
Most common cystic disease in children. abnormal development of one or both kidneys
renal dysplasia
AR inheritance, cysts bilaterally cortex and medulla, hepatic fibrosis, maternal oligohydramnios
juvenile polycystic kidney disease
AD inheritance, chromosome 16, bilateral cystic disease by 20-25 years, cysts in liver, pancreas, and spleen, intracranial berry aneurysms, intracerebral hemorrhage, CRF by 40-60
adult polycystic kidney disease
Swiss-cheese appearance, multiple cysts of collecting ducts in medulla
medullary sponge kidney
Most common cause is renal dialysis
acquired polycystic kidney disease
Linear IF
anti-GBM, goodpasture syndrome
Only a few glomeruli ar abnormal
Focal GN
All glomeruli are abnormal
Diffuse glomerulonephritis