KROK 1 2014 – Question 160 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
A 10-year-old child was found to have a congenital hypoplasia of the left kidney. Ultrasound examination revealed that the right kidney was markedly enlarged and had regular shape. No functional disorders were revealed. Specify the process that developed in the right kidney:
- A. Metaplasia
- B. Working hypertrophy
- C. Vicarious hypertrophy
- D. Hypertrophic growth
- E. Pseudohypertrophy
Hint
Think about why the single healthy member of a paired organ enlarges when its partner is missing from birth, and how pathologists classify an enlargement of this kind.
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