KROK 1 2009 – Question 125 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
Autopsy of a man, who had been suffering from the multiple bronchiectasis for 5 years and died from chronic renal insufficiency, revealed that kidneys were dense and enlarged, with thickened cortical layer of white colour with greasy lustre. What renal disease might be suspected?
- A. Necrotic nephrosis
- B. Chronic pyelonephritis
- C. Glomerulonephritis
- D. Secondary amyloidosis
- E. -
Hint
Ask what a long-standing suppurative process in one organ can deposit in the kidney, and whether the resulting kidney would be shrunken or enlarged.
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