KROK 1 2010 – Question 162 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
A 33 year old man died from uraemia. Autopsy revealed enlarged kidneys weighing 500,0 g each and consisting of multiple cavities 0,5-2 cm in diameter. The cavities were full of light-yellow transparent liquid. Renal pelvis and ureters had no peculiarities. What renal disease caused uraemia?
- A. Renal tuberculosis
- B. Renal tumour
- C. Rapidly progressing glomerulonephritis
- D. Bilateral polycystic renal disease
- E. Chronic pyelonephritis
Hint
Combine the kidney size, the nature of the fluid-filled cavities and the intact pelvis and ureters to decide what kind of process replaced the parenchyma.
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