Test 1- Urinary Flashcards
Where is the kidney located?
Kidneys have retroperitoneal location
How is the renal parenchymais divided?
The renal parenchymais divided into: cortex, medulla and pelvis (papilla).
- Renalpapilla→renal calices → renal pelvis → ureters
- There are anatomic variations among animal species.
Multipyramidal with external lobation. Normal bovine kidney
Normal feline kidney
Multipyramidal without external lobation. Normal porcine kidney
Bovine kidney. Normal peri‐renal fat
Structure and Function of the Kidney
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
STRUCTURE
- Gomerulus=Filtering mechanisms
- Tubules=selective reabsorption
FUNCTIONS
- 1=regulationoffluidand electrolyte content
- 2=endocrinesuchas renin and erythropoietin
RENAL APLASIA
Defined as absence of development of a kidney, can be unilateral (incidental finding), or bilateral (fatal)
Failure of development of one or both kidneys.
- Itisararedevelopmental abnormality.
- Seeninswine,dog (familial tendency in Doberman pinscher and beagle dogs), and cattle.
Renal hypoplasia
Renalhypoplasiaisa quantitative defect caused by reduced mass of metanephric blastema.
- Hypoplastic kidneys appear smaller than normal.
- Renal hypoplasiahas been described in pigs, foals, dogs (Cocker spaniels), and chickens.
- Differentialdiagnoses includes renal dysplasia (see next), and differentiation requires histological examination.
Renal Dysplasia
Renal Dysplasia is a rare condition very difficult to diagnose grossly.
• Bydefinition,renal dysplasia is an abnormal and asynchronous differentiation (disorganized development) of renal tissues.
Severe bilateral dysplasia may lead to renal failure.
• CasesofRenaldysplasia are difficult to differentiate from other conditions, such as chronic renal disease with diffuse fibrosis.
Renal dysplasia
Renal hypoplasia
Causes of renal dysplasia:
Congenital infections: Feline Panleukopenia, Canine herpesvirus, Bovine virus diarrhea
- Autosomaldominantin Suffolk sheep
- HypovitaminosisAinpigs
Renal dysplasia in a calf.
• Intrauterineureteral obstruction in pigs and calves
Renal dysplasia in a calf.
RENAL CYSTS
Renalcysts area common congenital renal malformation found in pigs, calves and to a lesser extent, in other species.
• Cystsofvariablesizeare typically filled with fluid and lined by flat or cuboidal epithelium.
Renal cysts. Porcine
Renal cysts can be uniorbilateral,singleormultiple. • Significance:Often it is just an incidental finding.
Polycystic kidneys
Grossly,kidneyscontain numerous variably‐sized cysts, in both cortex and medulla.
- Oncutsurfaceseverely affected kidneys have a “honeycomb“ appearance.
- Cystsarefilledwith colorless fluid.
Polycystic kidneys
Polycystic kidney in a Persian cat. Cut surface.
CAUSES OF POLYCYSTIC KIDNEYS
Congenital polycystic kidneys may be inherited as an autosomal dominant condition in pigs and lambs.
• It also occurs as an inherited condition in: – Cairn terrier dogs (in conjunction with cystic
biliary disease)
– Bull terriers
– Collie dogs
– Nubian goats
– Persian cats
CONSEQUENCES OF RENAL CYSTS
CONSEQUENCES OF RENAL CYSTS
1) Cysts may grow slowly or remain static.
2) Cysts may increase in size and/or number, causing compressive atrophy.
Acquired (non developmental) cysts may develop from obstructed tubules in chronic renal disease
See below: cut surface and close up of chronic renal disease in a dog
ddx for polycystic kidney dx
Ectopic Kidneys
- Definition: Normal kidneys in abnormal locations.
- Often unilateral.
- Described in dogs and pigs.
- Ectopic kidneys are predisposing factors for ureter obstruction and development of hydronephrosis.
Ectopic Kidneys
Horseshoe kidney
Congenital malformation that results from a fusion of the cranial or caudal poles of the kidneys.
Fused kidneys. Bovine.
Horseshoe kidney in a cat. Incidental finding at necropsy.
AUTOLYSIS
Autolysis is a common post‐mortem finding.
• Kidneysaresoft,friable
What is this post-mortem change?
Autolysis
Autolysed bovine kidney. Renal infarct is still detectable.
PSEUDOMELANOSIS
Pseudomelanosis in a kidney
Pigment is staining the surface of the kidney, as demonstrated on the image depicting the cut surface .
Hemoglobin
- Gross features: Dark red to black kidneys.
- Consequence of severe intravascular hemolysis and hemoglobinuria. Examples:
- Leptospirosis
- Bacillary hemoglobinuria • Babesiosis
•Chronic copper poisoning, etc.
Hemoglobin
Hemoglobinuria secondary to copper poisoning in a sheep.
Hemoglobinuria secondary to copper poisoning
Hemoglobinuria in a dog (Cut surface) and sheep (histology).
Myoglobin
- Gross findings: dark red to black kidneys and dark red urine.
- Mechanism: occurs when high levels of myoglobin are filtered into tubules (myoglobinuria).
- Examples:
Source: Knottenbelt and Pascoe, 2003
- Rhabdomyolysis in capture myopathy in wild animals
- Equine paralytic myoglobinuria.
Myoglobinuria in a horse.
LIPOFUCSINOSIS
Incidental finding in old cattle.
• Grossly, kidneys are dark brown to black.
Lipofucsinosis in a bovine
Lipofucsinosis in kidney and heart. Bovine tissues
Descriptions:
1) The kidney is normal in size, diffusely dark brown to black.
2) This is the cut surface of the left ventricle and atrium in a bovine heart. The cardiac parenchyma is uniformly dark brown.
BILE PIGMENT
In obstructive jaundice or severe liver disease, the kidneys excrete conjugated bilirubin resulting in choluria.
• •
Grossly,the kidneys are yellow‐green.
Evidence of icterus/jaundice is seen in other tissues (mucous membranes, connective tissue).
Bile pigment in the renal cortex in a dog with autoimmune hemolytic anemia.
Hyperemia and congestion
Bright or dark red kidneys.
• Hyperemia can be physiologic.
Hyperemia and congestion
•Hypostatic congestion is common as a result of prolonged prostration and circulatory failure.
Hyperemia and congestion
- Brightordarkred kidneys.
- Hyperemia canbe physiologic.
- Hypostaticcongestionis commonasaresultof prolongedprostration andcirculatoryfailure.
Hemorrhages
Hemorrhages are commonly seen in kidneys as a result of vasculitis or vascular necrosis.
• Hemorrhages could be petechial or ecchymotic.
• If the renal capsule is not removed, renal hemorrhages can be easily overlooked.
Petechiae(sometimes called turkey egg) in the cortical surface of a pig’s kidney.*
Renal Hemorrhage- what does it affect and how does it look pathologically?
Petechial or ecchymotic
- Glomeruli are preferentially affected.
- Speckled appearance.
- Numerous causes:
Examples:
- Coagulopathies • Viral infections • Septicemia
- Toxins
Cortical hemorrhages. Herpes virus infection in a puppy
THIS IS VERY TYPICAL- NAVLE QUESTION
Causes of renal petechia
Extensive vascular injury or platelet consumption leading to disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC).
• Acquired or congenital clotting defects (Sweet clover‐ coumarin poisoning, vitamin K deficiency, Hemophilia A and B)
Petechiae in the cortical surface. Bovine kidney(external lobulation).
white areas- neoplasic process that is interferring with cogulation
Causes of renal petechia and ecchymosis
• Viremia:
– Hog cholera leading to
endothelial damage
– African Swine fever leading to platelet destruction
– Canine herpes virus in neonatal puppies.
- Bacteremia: such as Erysipelas, Streptococcal infections, salmonellosis in pigs.
- If septicemia is suspected, different tissues such as lung, kidney and liver should be sent for bacteriological examination.
- Toxins: oak toxicity, endotoxins and enterotoxins.
Herpes virus
Bacteremia in the kidneys
petechia on the cut surface
histo section- lots of hemmaroage
Renal torsion in a deer.
Renal torsion in a deer (next to a normal kidney)
one on the right- ishemia- complete cut off of the blood supply
Renal Infarcts
Typically triangular (wedge) in shape with the apex pointing towards the medulla.
• Renal infarcts are associated with thrombosis of renal vessels (usually the interlobular artery).
The size of the infarct depends on the size of affected vessels.
In acute cases, infarcts appear red due to s hemorrhage
pale areas of discoloration the body will think of as non-self
Renal infarct in a dog. Capsular and cut surface
What is a common cause of renal infarcts?
Valvular endocarditis (left side) is a common cause of renal infarcts
Thrombosis
Chronic Renal Infarcts
Prolonged ischemia leads to infarction/ coagulative necrosis.
• The affected area will heal by fibrosis and scar tissue
Healed renal infarcts in a cat.
Fibrosis causes retraction of the parenchyma and characteristic depressions on the renal cortex.
Which of these is a chronic and which is an acute infarct?
Chronic is on the right
Renal infarcts are most commonly seen in:
- Cattle and pigs with vegetative valvular endocarditis of the left heart.
- Cats with left atrial thrombosis associated with cardiomyopathy.
- Dogs with renal amyloidosis due to loss (through the urine) of plasma anticoagulants such as antithrombin III.
- Endotoxin‐mediated thrombosis due to Gram‐ negative sepsis or endotoxic shock (example: dogs with suppurative prostatitis).
Amyloidosis in a cat(remember cats have a lot of vascularness on the surface)
pale, diffuse change
AMYLOIDOSIS
Definition: heterogenous group of diseases due to deposition of amyloid in tissues.
- Kidney is one of the most important targets of this condition.
- Glomerular amyloidosis is a protein‐losing nephropathy.
- Deposition of glomerular amyloid impairs its function with resulting marked proteinuria.
TYPES OF AMYLOIDOSIS
Primary amyloidosis:
very rare in domestic animals.
due to deposition of amyloid AL,derived from Ig light
chains produced by abnormal plasma cells.
Secondary (reactive) amyloidosis:
most common form in domestic animals.
deposition of amyloid AA that originates from serumα‐
globulin
• associated with chronic antigenic stimulation e.g.chronic inflammation, infection, neoplasia.
Staining fresh kidneys with iodine solution reveals many solid black dots which correspond to glomeruli filled with amyloid protein.
Kidneys with amyloidosis are enlarged, pale, and have a finely granular surface.
RENAL AMYLODOSIS‐ GROSS APPEARANCE
Kidneys are pale, have rounded edges. The cortical surface could be smooth and pale or slightly granular. Cut surface is pale, waxy.
Canine kidney. Glomerular and medullary amyloidosis.
RENAL AMYLOIDOSIS: Microscopic Appearance
- Deposition of pink amorphous material in glomeruli (most species) or in medullary interstitium (cats and cattle).
- Amyloid(pink homogeneous relatively acellular material) is deposited in the mesangial matrix and along the adjacent basement membrane.
- Special stains such as Congo red (polarizedlight) and Thyoflavine‐T (Fluorescence) are used to microscopically confirm amyloidosis.
GLOMERULAR AMYLOIDOSIS‐ HISTOLOGIC AND ULTRASTRUCTURAL APPEARANCE
Glomerular amyloidosis: diagnosis is confirmed with
Glomerular amyloidosis: diagnosis is confirmed with congo red stain
FAMILIAL RENAL AMYLOIDOSIS
- Familial renal amyloidosis occurs in Abyssinian cats and Chinese Shar Pei dogs, and it is characterized by medullary deposits of amyloid, with fibrosis and papillary necrosis.
- Amyloidosis can lead to thrombosis of pulmonary arteries or renal veins due to hypercoagulable state caused by:
– stimulation of production of acute‐phase proteins such as fibrinogen
– simultaneously losing (because of increased glomerular permeability) low‐molecular weight anticoagulants, such as antithrombin III.
Renal necrosis and nephrosis(the necrosis of the tubular epithelium)
Papillary necrosis, cut surface. Canine kidney- DIABETES
Bilateral Renal Cortical Necrosis
- Bilateral RenalCortical Necrosis is an acute and severe ischemia of the renal cortex due to vasospasm of cortical vessels.
- It is an intriguing lesion that has traditionally been associated with endotoxemia.
Bilateral Renal Cortical Necrosis
Renal cortical necrosis
Renal Medullary (Papillary) Necrosis
Renal Medullary (Papillary) Necrosis
- The mechanisms are controversial.
- Caused by a localized ischemia of the renal medulla.
cortex is extremley pale; there is a ring that separates the healthy from the unhealthy kidney
CAUSES OF MEDULLARY NECROSIS
Amyloidosisi n cats
Pyelonephritis
Diabetes mellitus
Urinary obstruction
Use of anti- inflammatory and analgesic drugs such as phenylbutazone,phenacetin,aspirin.
Medullary Necrosis
Papillary necrosis in a horse due to NSAIDs toxicity
Greenish areas from vaso-constriction
Papillary necrosis in a foal NSAID toxicity
ACUTE TUBULAR NECROSIS (NEPHROSIS)
Acute necrosis of tubular cells is the primary process of nephrosis.
Renal tubular epithelium (especially proximal tubules) is metabolically very active,thus highly susceptible to ischemia or to toxic damage
Grossly, acute tubular nephrosis is difficult to diagnose.
The kidneys are swollen, the capsular surface is pale and moist, and bulges on cut surface.
ACUTE TUBULAR NECROSIS (NEPHROSIS)
Oak toxicity causing tubular necrosis.
Oxalate nephrosis, pig. Cut surface
DDx for pale kidneys
- Amyloidosis- Congo Red
- Acute Nephrosis-Tubular problem
- Glomerulonephritis- inflammation in the glomeruli and kidney
• Lymphosarcoma-
Oxalate nephrosis. Porcine kidney.
Lymphosarcoma- Rabbit
Diffuse glomerulonephritis Canine
Nephrosis Cougar
NEPHROSIS: histological appearance
• Most cases of nephrosis are acute to peracute with minimal to absent inflammatory cell infiltration.
• Cases of chronic
nephrosis are characterized by fibrosis,tubular loss, architectural disorganization,regeneration and limited inflammatory response.
Histologically, acute tubular nephrosis is characterized by swelling of the tubular epithelium.
The cytoplasm may be vacuolated and the nucleus may be pyknotic,karyolytic or karyorrhectic.
Thetubulesmaybe hypocellular,areoften dilatedandcontain necroticcellulardebris andhyalinized casts.
NEPHROSIS: histological appearance
Melamine/Cyanuric acid toxicity
Pathogenesis of necrosis of tubular epithelium
Tubular Necrosis- Outcome
If the basement membrane is intact, regeneration of the proximal convoluted tubules is seen as early as three days after the toxic insult is removed.
CAUSES OF NEPHROSIS
- Ingestion of exogenous substances.
- Some substances precipitate as crystals in tubules (e.g. ethylene glycol oxalate)
Oxalate nephrosis
cut surface will bulge
Oxalate nephrosis Ethylene glycol(antifreeze) toxicity
tubular necrosis
Causes of toxic nephrosis
Heavy metals:
– Mercury (in herbicides)
– Lead (old paint,batteries) - MOST COMMON; gives intranucleular inclusions
– Cadmium
– Chromium
– Copper
– Phosphorus.
• Carbon tetrachloride, chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides.
lead- toxic nephrosis
Nephrotoxic Plants
– Pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus)
– Oaks (Quercus sp.).
Pigweed(Amaranthus retroflexus) causes tubular degeneration and peri-renal edema in pigs and cattle.
Edema is around the kidney