KROK 1 2013 – Question 66 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
14 days after quinsy a 15-year-old child presented with morning facial swelling, high blood pressure, "meat slops" urine. Immunohistological study of a renal biopsy sample revealed deposition of immune complexes on the basement membranes of the capillaries and in the glomerular mesangium. What disease developed in the patient?
- A. Lipoid nephrosis
- B. Necrotizing nephrosis
- C. Acute interstitial nephritis
- D. Acute glomerulonephritis
- E. Acute pyelonephritis
Hint
Combine the delay after a throat infection, the nephritic picture and the deposits along the capillaries and mesangium to decide which kidney compartment is injured and by what immune mechanism.
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