KROK 1 2009 – Question 77 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
Two weeks after lacunar tonsillitis a 20-year-old man started complaining about general weakness, lower eyelid edemata. After examination the patient was diagnosed with acute glomerulonephritis. What are the most likely pathological changes in the urine formula?
- A. Proteinuria
- B. Cylindruria
- C. Pyuria
- D. Presence of fresh erythrocytes
- E. Natriuria
Hint
Think about what immune-complex injury does to the glomerular filter and which substance that is normally retained in the circulation therefore appears in the urine.
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