Structural Renal Pathology Flashcards
Name 4 general types of Glomerular Disease
- Podocyte
- Immune Complex
- GBM Disease
- Vascular Injury
Name 2 specific podocyte glomerular diseases
- Minimal change disease
2. Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
Name 4 specific Immune Complex glomerular diseases
- APSGN (subepithelia)
- Membranous Nephropathy (subepithelia)
- MPGN (subendothelial)
- IgA Nephropathy (Mesangial)
Name 4 specific GBM diseases
- Anti-GBM Disease
- Goodpastures
- Alport’s Syndrome
- Thin Basement Membrane
Name 6 specific Vascular Injury glomerular diseases
- ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis
- Pauci-Immune glomerulonephritis
- Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome/TTP (TMA)
- Wegener’s Granulomatous
- SLE
- Scleroderma/Systemic Sclerosis
What is the etiology of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis?
Primary: Idiopathic
Secondary: Reduced nephron mass
What are some of the causes of reduced nephron mass in Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis?
- Familial Sporadic Mutations
- HIV, Parvovirus
- Heroin, lithium, IFN-alpha
- Chronic kidney disease
- suPAR
What is the mechanism of the suPAR subtype of FSGS?
suPAR - circulating factor from WBCs that activate B3 integrin (anchor for podocytes to GBM), high activity of B3 integrin»_space; podocyte dysfunction
Name and describe the 5 sub-types of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
- Collapsing
- Cellular
- Tip
- Perihilar
- Not otherwise specified
Which subtypes of FSGS presents with heavy proteinuria?
Collapsing & Tip
Which subtype of FSGS has the best prognosis?
Tip: more likely to achieve remission
Which FSGS has the worst prognosis and what causes it?
Collapsing: heavy proteinuria, worst renal survival
—- HIV (glomerular tuft collapse)
What Familial Sporadic Mutations cause Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis?
Mutations in:
- podocin
- nephrin
- alpha-actinin-4
- transient receptor channel 6
What is the clinical presentation of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis?
- Nephrotic syndrome (second most common in adults)
- Non-specific loss of proteins (albumin AND globins)
- HIV patient (FSGS is most common cause of glomerular disease in HIV patients)
What are the Light Microscopy characteristics of FSGS?
- scarring
- Obliterated capillary lumen (hyalinosis)
- Areas of adhesion to Bowman’s capsule
- Expansion of mesangial matrix
What is the immunohistochemistry of FSGS?
Normal; easy to confuse w/ MCD
+/- non-specific Ig+
What is the EM of FSGS?
Effacement / fusion of foot processes
How do you treat FSGS?
- Corticosteroids (less likely to remit)
- Calcinuerin inhibitors
- Mycophenolate Mofetil
- Sirolimus
What is the etiology of Acute Post-infections Glomerulonephritis
Post-immune response to nephritogenic Group A streptococcal strains
Which bacteria, viruses and parasites cause Acute Post-infections Glomerulonephritis?
Bacterial: Group A beta-hemolytic streptococci - nephritogenic
Virus: HBV, EBV, mumps
Parasites: malaria, toxoplasmosis
Acute Post-Infections Glomerulonephritis follows the “Filtered Cationic Antigen” theory. Explain this theory.
cation filters through endothelial but charge restricted sub-podocyte. Antibodies localize and target.
What is the clinical presentation of Acute Post-infections Glomerulonephritis?
- Nephritic
- Gross hematuria (tea/cola colored)
- 1-3 weeks after URI
- throat, skin, strep infections
- school children
- edema
- hypertension
- pulm/GI symptoms
- Ascites 2:1 males to females
Light microscopy of Acute Post-infections Glomerulonephritis?
- Proliferation
- Inflammation = membranoproliferative disease
Immunohistochemistry of Acute Post-infections Glomerulonephritis?
C3+
IgG+