KROK 1 2018 – Question 85 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
Renal examination shows the kidney to be swollen and plethoric, with easily removable capsule. Renal pelvis and calyces are dilated and filled with turbid urine; their mucosa is dull and has hemorrhagic foci. On section the renal tissue is variegated, there are yellow-gray areas surrounded with plethoric and hemorrhagic zone. What disease can be characterized by such results of macroscopic examination?
- A. Acute pyelonephritis
- B. Renal amyloidosis
- C. Nephrolithiasis
- D. Acute glomerulonephritis
- E. Polycystic kidney
Hint
Combine the urine-filled, dilated collecting system with the focal yellow-gray areas on section to decide which parts of the kidney are involved and what kind of inflammation produced them.
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