KROK 1 Stomatology 2014 – Question 178 · KROK (Dentistry)
A 45-year-old patient with an 8-year history of tuberculosis died in a hospital of chronic renal failure. At autopsy, the kidneys were enlarged, the cross-section surface looked greasy, histological study revealed profuse deposits of structureless homogeneous eosinophilic masses exhibiting marked metachromasia when stained with Congo red. What pathological process developed in the kidneys?
- A. Secondary amyloidosis
- B. Toxic nephritis against the background of antibiotic therapy
- C. Nephrosclerosis
- D. Hematogenous renal tuberculosis
- E. Acute glomerulonephritis
Hint
Link the long chronic infection to the kidney deposits that stain with Congo red and look 'greasy' (lardaceous).
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