Question 5 · LEK · Nephrotic and nephritic syndromes
A 70-year-old patient, treated for arterial hypertension for over 30 years, called his family doctor because of lower limb edemas worsening for a week. Physical examination showed increased blood pressure and edemas around ankles. Indicate the least probable cause of those symptoms:
- A. hypertensive nephropathy.
- B. drug-induced lymphatic edemas.
- C. congestive heart failure.
- D. nephrotic syndrome in the course of primary amyloidosis.
- E. nephrotic syndrome in the course of glomerulonephritis.
Hint
Consider the mechanism of oedema caused by antihypertensive drugs — which compartment and which pressure change are responsible?
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