KROK 1 2008 – Question 197 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
A 28 year old patient had high arterial pressure, hematuria and facial edemata. In spite of treatment renal insufficiency was progressing. 6 months later the patient died from uremia. Microscopic examination of his kidneys and their glomerules revealed proliferation of capsule nephrothelium and of podocytes with "demilune" formation, sclerosis and hyalinosis of glomerules. What disease corresponds with the described picture?
- A. Acute glomerulonephritis
- B. Acute pyelonephritis
- C. Chronic glomerulonephritis
- D. Nephrotic syndrome
- E. Subacute glomerulonephritis
Hint
Note where the cell proliferation sits (inside the capillary loops or in Bowman's space) and how fast the disease progressed (days, months or years).
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