Renal & Vasculitis

Question 1

Small-Vessel Vasculitidies (4)

Answer 1

Wegener Granulomatosis, Microscopic Polyangiitis, Churg-Strauss Syndrome, Henoch-Schönlein Purpura

Question 2

Medium-Vessel Vasculitidies (3)

Answer 2

Polyarteritis Nodosa, Kawasaki Disease, Buerger Disease

Question 3

Large-Vessel Vasculitidies (2)

Answer 3

Temporal (Giant Cell) Arteritis, Takayasu Arteritis

Question 4

Defining characteristics of Nephrotic Syndrome (5)

Answer 4

Proteinuria >3.5 g/day, hypoalbuminemia (pitting edema), hypogammaglobulinemia (increased risk of infection), hypercoaguable state (due to loss of antithrombin III), hyperlipidemia/hypercholesterolemia (liver compensating for thinning blood, may result in fatty casts in urine)