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RBC casts
GN
ischemia
Malignant HTN
WBC casts
Tubulointerstital inflammation
Acute Pyelonephritis
Transplant rejection
Granular ('muddy brown') casts
ATN
Waxy casts
advanced renal disease/CRF
Bladder cancer, Kidney stones
HEMATURIA &

NO CASTS
Acute poststreptococci GN
- GABHS - strep pyogenes skin infxn

LM = Diffuse, proliferative
IF = Granular (IgG, IgM, C3)
EM = subEPIthelial IC humps
RPGN
- rapid progressive GN (crescentic)
- cresencts = fibrin, plasma proteins (C3b) w/ glomerular parietal cells, monocytes, and Macrophages

- rapid deterioration of renal fxn (days to wks)
Goodpasture
- type II HS
- antibodies to GBM (type IV collagen - alpha 3 chain) and alveolar BM
IF = LINEAR
Wegener's
Microscopic Polyangitis
RPGN
Wegeners = c-ANCA
Microscopic Polyangitis = p-ANCA
Diffuse Proliferative GN
- Nephritic syndrome
- due to SLE or MPGN

- MCC of death in SLE; SLE and MPGN can also present as nephrotic syndrome

LM = Wire loopin of capillaries (Neuts and hyaline thrombi)
EM = subENDOthelial DNA-anti-DNA ICs - acitvate classic complement
IF = Granular
Berger's disease
- Nephritic syndrome
Inc synthesis of IgA
- LM and IF = IC's deposit in MESANGIUM
- Focal Proliferative
Alport's sydnrome
- XD = x-dominant
- mutation in type IV collagen -> SPLIT BM

- Nerve disorders, ocular disorders, deafness
Membranous Glomerulonephritis
- Nephrotic syndrome
- Diffuse Membranous glomerulopathy (primary or secondary)

- Drugs (captopril, gold); Infxn (HBV, malaria, syphilis); SLE; Solid tumors

LM - diffuse capillary and GBM thickening
EM = "spike and dome" appearance w/ subEPIthelial depositis
IF - granular, SLE's nephrotic presentation
Minimal change disease (lipoid nephrosis)
- Nephrotic syndrome
- responds to corticosteroids
- recent infxn or vaccination

LM = Normal glomeruli
EM- foot process effacement
- selective loss of albumin, not globulins due to GBM polyanion loss
Amyloidosis
Nephrotic syndrome
- MM, TB, RA
Diabetic Glomerulopathy
- Nephrotic syndrome
- Nonenzymatic glycosylation of GBM -> inc permeability, thickening

NEG of efferent -> Inc GFR -> mesangial expansion

LM = mesangital expansion, GBM thickening, NODULAR GLOMERULOSLCEROSIS (Kimmelsteil-Wilson)

Other kidney disease in DM =
Renal Papillary Necrosis, Pyelonephrosis
Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
Nephrotic syndrome
- segmental sclerosis and hyalinosis


HIV patients and heroin abuse
MPGN
SubENDOthelial ICs w/ granular IF
- can also present as nephritic syndrome

Type I EM = "tram-track" appearance due to GBM splitting caused by mesangial ingrowth (IF have C1)
- assoc w/ HBV, HCV (cryoglobinemia)

Type II EM = "dense deposits"
- only C3 in depositis
- due to C3 nephritic factor = autoab binds C3 convertase prevents degradation = only alternative pathway activated
Subendothelial deposits
-SLE- Nephritic = Diffuse proliferative GN

Type 1 MPGN = HBV, HCV, cryoglobinemia
Subepithelial deposits
- Acute GN = GABHS

- Membranous GN
- drugs, cancer, SLE (nephrotic); spike and dome
Nephrotic syndrome
- inc infarction = loss of antithrombin

- inc infxn = loss of Ig's

- inc cholesterol in serum
Calcium stones
- colorless, octahedron
- 75-85% of stones
- radiopaque (does appear on Xray)

Calcium oxalate = ethelene glycol (antifreeze) or VIT C ABUSE
Calcium phosphate

Conditions that cause HYPERcalcemia (cancer, inc PTH) can -> hypercalciuria and stones

Citrate can bind Ca preventing precipitation
Ammonium MgPhosphate
- Rectangular prism; coffin-lids
- 15% of stones
- Alkalkline precipitation
- Radiopaque (appear bright)

- urease-positive bugs (Proteus, Staph, phosphate klebsiella)
-staghorn calculi that can be a nidus for UTIs
- worsened by alkaluria
Uric Acid crystals
- yellow, red-brown, diamond or rhombus
- Radiolucent (do no appear on US or CT)
- Acid precipitation = most acidc part of nephron is CD & distal tubule
Cystine
- yellow hexagone
- Radiopaque (bright)
- acid precipitate

Most often 2ndary to cystinuria
- defect in AA transporter: AR
- cystine, ornithine, lysine, Arginine

- precipitates in acid
Tx = acetazolamide is treatment
RCC
= VHL (3p)
- inc incidence w/ smoking and obesity
- hematuria, palpable mass
Paraneoplastic = EPO, ACTH, PTHrP, and PRL
- invades IVC and spreads hematogenously to lung and bone
- Left sided varicocele
Wilm's tumor
- nephroblastoma
- deletion of WT1 on Chrom 11p
- EMBRYONIC GLOMERULAR STRUCTURES
- huge palpable flank mass

WAGR = Wilms, Aniridia (no iris), GU malformation, mental-motor RETARD

Beckwidth-wideman
- Wilms; large organs; hemihypertrophy
Transitional Cell Carcinoma
MCC tumor of urinary tract system
- can occur in Renal calyces, renal pelvis, ureters, and bladder
- painless hematuria suggests bladder cancer

Pee SAC
Phenacetin
Smoking
Aniline dyes
Cyclophosphamide
- schistoma haematobium
Chronic Pyelonephritis
- Coasrse, asymmetric corticomedullary scarring
- Scarring
- BLUNTED CALYX
- tubule can contain EOSINOPHILIC casts (THYROIDIZATION of kidney)
Drug-induced interstitial nephritis
- acute interstitial renal inflammation
- Pyruria (typical EOSINOPHILS and azotemia 1-2 wks after administration of drugs
- diuretics, NSAIDs, penicillin, sulfonamide, rifampin act as haptens
Analgesic nephropathy
- acetaminophen (free radicals -> medulla)
- Aspirin (no PGE2 therefore dec blood to medulla)

- renal papillary necrosis
Diffuse Cortical necrosis
- acute generalized cortical infarction of both kidneys
- due to vasospasm and DIC

- Assoc w/ obstetric catastrophes (abruptio placentae) and septic shock
ATN
- ischemic
- Nephrotoxic (Aminoglycosides, Radiocontrast, Heavy metals, crush injuries myoglobinuria)

MCC of acute renal failure in hospital
-death occurs during initial oliguric phase
3 stages: inciting event -> maintenance (low urine output) -> recovery (2-3 wks)

KEY FINDING = GRANULAR "MUDDLE BROWN" CASTS
RENAL PAPILLARY NECROSIS
- medulla is susceptible to ischemic injury; RING DEFECT

- sloughing of renal papillae -> gross hematuria, proteinuria

- triggered by infxn or immune stimulus

1.) DM
2.) Acute pyelonephritis
3.) Chronic phenacetin use (acetaminophen is phenacetin derivative)
4.) Sickle cell anemia
Nephrosclerosis
Essential HTN = hyaline arteriolosclerosis of arteriole in renal cortex
- leads to tubular atrophy, interstitial fibrosis, glomerulosclerosis
Malignant HTN
- Flea-bitten kidney & hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis
- rapid BP inc >210/120
- HTN encephalopathy
Tx = nitroprusside
Uosm; Urine Na+; Fe Na+; Serum BUN/ Cr

Prerenal
Uosm = > 500 (concentrated)
Urine Na+ = < 10
Fe Na+ = < 1%
Serum BUN/ Cr = > 20

- hyaline or fine granular cast
Uosm; Urine Na+; Fe Na+; Serum BUN/ Cr

Renal
Uosm = < 350 dilute
Urine Na+ = > 20
Fe Na+ = > 2%
Serum BUN/ Cr = < 15

Renal tubular cells = granular & muddy casts
Uosm; Urine Na+; Fe Na+; Serum BUN/ Cr

Postrenal
Uosm = < 350
Urine Na+ = > 40
Fe Na+ = > 4%
Serum BUN/ Cr = > 15
Fe Na+
Fe Na+ = (U na/P na)/(U cr/ P cr)
Consequence of renal failure
- acute (ATN) and chronic (HTN and DM)

- Na+/H2O retention (CHF, pulmonary edema, HTN)
- Hyperkalemia, Metabolic acidosis
- Uremia = nausea & anorexia, pericarditis, asterixis, encephalopathy, platelet dysfxn
- Anemia (failure of EPO production)

- RENAL OSTEODYSTROPHY (failure of Vit. D hydroxylation); Ca+2 wasting and PO4 -> 2ndary HPTH -> cystic lesions of jaw
- Dyslipidemia (especially inc TGs)
- Growth retardation adn developmental delay (in children)
ADPKD
- AD; chrom 16
- Flank pain, hematuria, HTN, urinary infxn, progressive renal failure
- APKD1 (chrom 16) & APKD2 (chrom 6)

- death from complications of chronic kidney disease or HTN (due to inc. RENIN production) = assoc w/ polycystic liver disease; berry aneurysms, MVP
- Cysts = hepatic, pancreatic, colonic, ovary
ARPKD
- AR
- infantile presentation in parenchyma

- assoc w/ CONGENITAL HEPATIC FIBROSIS
- significant renal failure IN UTERO can lead to POTTER's

- neonatal period include HTN, portal HTN, and progressive renal insufficiency
Dialysis
Cortical and medullary cysts
Simple cysts
Benign, common, incidental
-thin, nonenhancing, cortical, fluid-filled
Medullary Cystic Disease
- Medullary cysts sometime lead to fibrosis and progressive renal insufficiency w/ urinary concentrating defects

US shows small kidney

Poor prognosis