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*[[Dense deposit disease]] (DDD) - linear C3 with mesangial rings; IgG -ve, IgA -ve. | |||
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Revision as of 15:57, 29 October 2011
This article describes medical renal disease or the medical kidney. Much in medical kidney depends on the clinical information. Most of the disease seen by pathologists is... glomerular disease. If in doubt... the answer to most questions is diabetes mellitus or systemic lupus erythematosus. Medical kidney is niche area in pathology. It is one of the few areas that routinely requires electron microscopy.
Kidney tumours are dealt with in the kidney tumours article.
Clinical
Glomerular filtration rate
- Abbreviated GFR.
- Ultimate measure of renal function.
- Declines with age.
- Normal range (dependent on age): 116-75 mL/min/1.73m2.[1]
Creatinine
- The standard screening test for renal function.
- 300 mmol/L is the general cut-point for referral to a nephrologist.[2]
Notes:
- Dinosaurs use the units mg/dL; normal with these units is: 0.8 to 1.4 mg/dL.[3]
- Conversion: 1.0 mg/dL = 88.4 umol/L.[4][5]
Urine protein to creatinine ratio
- Indicator of proteinuria.
- Predictor of glomerular filtration rate.[6]
Cut points:[7]
- Normal (2 years and older): <0.2 g protein / g Creatinine
- Nephrotic range: >3.5 g protein / g Creatinine.
Complement
C3, C4 levels:[8]
- Changed:
- Normal:
- Minimal change disease.
- Chronic pyelonephritis.
- Renal vein thrombosis.
- Amyloidosis.
Anti-MPO antibodies
- Anti-MPO antibodies (p-ANCA) associated with crescentic glomerulonephritis.[12]
C4d
- Suggests humoral immunity (antibody-mediated immunity) at play.
- Important in monitoring of renal transplant recipients.
Urine dip
Findings:[13]
- RBC casts = acute bleed, e.g. nephritic syndrome.
- WBC casts = interstitial nephritis, e.g. pylonephritis, parenchymal infection.
- Hemegranular casts = acute tubular necrosis, transplant rejection.
Notes:
- "Active sediment" = RBCs, RBC casts;[14] implies glomerulonephritis.
- Some include the above (RBCs, RBC casts) + WBCs & protein.[15]
Urine crystals
Clinical presentations
Nephrotic syndrome
Features:
- Anasarca (whole body - edema).
- Proteinuria (>3.5 g/24h).
- Hypercholesterolemia.
- Hypoalbuminemia.
Nephritic syndrome
Features - mnemonic PHAROH:[16]
- Proteinuria.
- Hypertension.
- Azotemia.
- RBC casts.
- Oliguria.
- Hematuria.
Mixed
- Features of nephritic syndrome and nephrotic syndrome.
Normal
Epithelium
Features:[17]
- The glomeruli visceral epithelium is part of the capillary wall (part of the glomerular tuft).
- The parietal epithelium is part of Bowman's capsule.
Remember: visceral has vessels.
Basic approach to renal biopsy
Basic components
- Glomeruli.
- Tubules.
- Interstitium.
- Vessels.
Glomeruli
- Mesangium
- Matrix should be: "one cell thick" (expanded in diabetes mellitus).
- Cellularity of the mesangium - normal = upto 3 cells (don't count cell abutting the capillary lumen, don't count at the hilum).
- Capillary loops "open"
- Lumina patent? If not patent is it due to matrix or cells (endocapillary hypercellularity).
- Capillary wall morphology - wavy thin is normal; hulla-hoop/wire-like abnormal (suggestive of immune complex deposition).
- Bowman's space (urinary space) - crescents present?
- Count the number of glomeruli.
- Count number of the obsolete glomeruli.
Components of the glomeruli (anatomical)
- Podocyte - rarely affect by disease
- Endothelial cell.
- Mesangial cell.
Vessels
- Arteriolar hyalinosis - too much pink stuff?
- Intimal hyperplasia.
Consider:
- Vasculitis? - inflammatory cells in vessel wall.
- Amyloid? - pink.
- Rejection? - PMNs.
Tubules & interstitium
Tubules - proximal portion is the most important.
- Casts?
- Necrosis?
Interstitium
- Fibrosis - prognostically important.
- Grading: mild = <25%, moderate 25-50%, severe >50%.
Obsolete glomeruli
- Completely sclerosed glomeruli are not important - unless present in larger numbers than expected for the age of the patient.
- Percent of sclerosed glomeruli = (age in years)/2 - 10%.[19]
Example:
- It is normal for an 80 year-old to have 30% sclerosed glomeruli.
Glomerular disease terms
Number of glomeruli involved:[20]
- Focal = <80% of glomeruli.
- Diffuse = >80% of glomeruli.
How much of the glomerulus is involved:[20]
- Global = entire of glomeruli.
- Segmental = part of glomerulus.
Staining
The standard stain in kidney pathology is PAS. Section are usually 1-2 micrometers, as opposed to 4-5 micrometers seen in rountine section of other organs.
Interpretation of medical renal disease more difficult or even impossible if the sections are thicker, as one does not see the glomerular structures well.
In kidney that is cut thick the glomeruli look more nodular and it is more difficult to find open capillary loops.
Immunofluorescence
Routinue (mnemonic GAM CF):
- IgG.
- IgA.
- IgM.
- C3.
- Fibrinogen.
Optional:
- Kappa.
- Lambda.
==Negative immunofluorescence
- Excludes all immune complex associated disease.
Seen in:
Positive immunofluorescence
- Positive immunofluorescence is usually diagnostic.
Seen in:
- Lupus - granular, "full house".
- IgA nephropathy - branching IgA +ve.
- Dense deposit disease (DDD) - linear C3 with mesangial rings; IgG -ve, IgA -ve.
- Immune complex disease (primary and secondary) - thick granular deposits.
- Anti-glomerular basement membrane disease - linear IgG.
- Goodpasture syndrome - linear IgG.
- Membranous glomerulonephritis - IgG, C3, kappa, lambda.
Notes:
- Nonspecific linear IgG staining may be seen in diabetic nephropathy.
Can be:
- Subepithelial - distal to basement membrane (BM), closer to the urinary space.
- Subendothelial - proximal to BM, closer to the glomerular capillary.
Tram-tracking of BM
DDx:[21]
- MPGN.
- Thrombotic microscopic angiopathy (TMA).
- Transplant glomerulopathy (TG).
Arteriolar hyalinosis
Microscopic:
- Pink acellular crap replaces arteriolar wall.
DDx:
- Diabetes mellitus.
- Hypertension.
- Aging.
- Drugs - tarolimus, cyclosporine.
Note:
- Arteriolar hyalinosis - involves afferent and efferent arterioles in diabetes, in others it is only the afferent.
Mesangial hypercellularity
DDx:
- Lupus (SLE).
- IgA nephropathy.
Mesangial expansion
- Diabetes mellitus.[22]
- Immune complex mediated disease (e.g. IgA nephropathy).
- Henoch-Schoenlein disease.
- Lupus.
Bland necrotic crescents
DDx:
- ANCA-related glomerulonephritis.
- Anti-GBM disease.
Diseases with crescents - is a long list.[23]
Pathologic DDx
The clinical presentations suggest a pathologic DDx.[24]
Nephritic
- Post-infectious glomerulonephritis.
- Classically streptococcal.
- Crescentic glomerulonephritis (AKA rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN)).
- Anti-GBM disease.
- ANCA disease (e.g. Wegener's granulomatosis).
- Goodpasture's syndrome.
Nephrotic
- Minimal segmental disease (MSD) - AKA minimal change disease (MCD).
- Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS).
- Membranous nephropathy.
Mixed presentation
- IgA nephropathy,
- Focal proliferative glomerulosclerosis (FPGS).
- Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN).
Patterns - Table
Pattern | Key feature | Other findings | IF & EM | Presentation | Clinical | Pathol. DDx | Image |
Nodular GS | nodular mesangial matrix expansion | GBM thickening, both afferent and efferent arteriole hyalinzed | EM? | presentation? | diabetes mellitus | membranous nephropathy (?) | Image? |
Focal segmental GS (FSGS) | focal sclerosis of glom | +/-interstitial fibrosis | EM? | nephrotic syndrome | primary FSGS, secondary FSGS; unresponsive to steroids, worse prognosis than MCD | Pathol. DDx? | Image? |
Membranous nephropathy (AKA membranous GN) |
Gloms with wire loops | mesangial hypercellularity | EM? | nephrotic syndrome | hep B, hep C, carcinoma, NSAID toxicity, SLE, idiopathic | Nodular GS (?) | Image? |
Minimal change disease (MCD) | EM changes | usu. none | EM changes | nephrotic syndrome | idiopathic vs. secondary; idiopathic responds to steroids | Pathol. DDx? | Image? |
IgA nephropathy | +ve IF for IgA | +/-mesangial hypercellularity (???) | IgA +ve | mixed nephrotic/nephritic | Clinical? | Pathol. DDx? | Image? |
Membranoproliferative GN (MPGN) | thick GBM | Other findings? | subepithelial deposits | mixed nephrotic/nephritic | Clinical? | Pathol. DDx? | Image? |
Focal proliferative glomerosclerosis (FPFS) |
<50% of glomeruli partially sclerosis | Other findings? | EM? | mixed nephrotic/nephritic | Clinical? | Pathol. DDx? | Image? |
Rapidly progressive GN (RPGN) | cresents | Other findings? | EM? | nephritic syndrome | Clinical? | Pathol. DDx? | Image? |
Common diseases
Diabetes mellitus
General
- Most common cause of end stage renal disease (ESRD).
- Biopsied only if the (clinical) features are atypical.
Microscopic
Features:[25]
- Thick glomerular basement membrane (GBM).
- Thickened (eosinophilic) tunica media in both the afferent and efferent arterioles.[26]
- Mesangial matrix expansion - leads to nodule formation Kimmelstiel-Wilson nodules (nodular glomerulosclerosis).
Other:
- Armanni-Ebstein change - cytoplasmic vacuolization of tubular cells (usu. loop of Henle) -- innermost cortex, outer medulla;[27] not specific to diabetes mellitus.[28]
Other - with weak evidence:
- Extra efferent vessels.[29]
Memory device:
- GBM = thick GBM, both afferent & efferent artiole thickened, mesangial matrix expansion.
Images:
- Nodular glomerulosclerosis (WC).
- Nodular GS (med.utah.edu).
- Armanni-Ebstein lesion (markwickmd.com).
Notes:
- Hypertensive kidneys have changes only in the afferent arteriole, i.e. the efferent arteriole is spared (see hypertension).
Lupus nephritis
General
- Abbreviated LN.
- Bread & butter of nephropathology.
Immunofluorescence
- "Full house" = call of 'em light up.
Classification
International Society of Nephrology/Renal Pathology Society (ISN/RPS) classification:[30][31]
- Class I - minimal mesangial LN.
- Class II - mesangial proliferative LN.
- Class III - focal lupus nephritis; <50% of glomeruli.
- Class VI-S - diffuse segmental LN; >50% of glomeruli.
- Class VI-G - global LN; >50% of glomeruli.
- Class V - Membranous lupus nephritis.
- Class IV - Advanced sclerosing LN; essentially end-stage kidney.
Notes:
- Most of the action is in Class III and Class IV.
- Class I is near normal - doesn't get biopsied.
- Class IV is essentially dead kidney - doesn't get biopsied.
Image:
Nephrotic syndrome
In children nephrotic syndrome is assumed to be minimal change disease. Biopsies are done only there is no response to steriods.
Minimal change disease
General
- Responds to steroids.
Microscopic
Features:
- No changes on light microscopy.
EM
Features: Diffuse loss of foot processes.
Image:
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
General
- Abbreviated FSGS.
- Presents as nephrotic syndrome.
- Does not respond to steroids (unlike MCD).
Etiology
Primary vs. secondary:[34]
Feature | Primary | Secondary |
Proteinuria (onset) | sudden | progressive |
Albumnin | low | normal |
Glomerulus size | normal | increased |
Foot process effacement | diffuse | mild |
Microscopic
Features:
- Partial sclerosis of less than 50% of glomeruli.
Image:
Histologic classification
FSGS can be subdivided into the following subgroups:[35]
- Cellular.
- Collapsing - poor prognosis.
- Tip lesion - good prognosis.
- Perihilar.
- Not otherwise specified (NOS) - most common.
Stains
Features:[36]
- PAS +ve crescents.
Membranous nephropathy
General
- AKA membranous glomerulonephritis.
- Presents as nephrotic syndrome.
Clinical DDx:[37]
- Hepatitis B.
- Hepatitis C.
- Carcinoma.
- NSAID toxicity.
- SLE.
- Idiopathic.
Microscopic
Features:
- Subepithelial immune complex depositions, spike forming.
Image:
Mixed nephrotic and nephritic
IgA nephropathy
General
- AKA Berger disease.
- More common in Asians.
- Associated with an increased incidence of Celiac disease.[38]
Microscopic
Features:
- Mesangial hypercellularity - may be only light microscopy finding.
- Diagnosis based on immunofluorescence (IgA+).
Image: IgA nephropathy (med.utah.edu).
Scoring
IgA nephropathy can be scored using an assessment of mesangial proliferation, endocapillary proliferation, glomerulosclerosis and tubular atrophy and interstitial fibrosis (abbreviated MEST).[39]
Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
General
- Abbreviated MPGN.
- In adults most common cause: hepatitis C.
Microscopic
Features:
- Endothelial cell proliferation.
- Basement membrane double layering (tram-tracking).
- Mesangial hypercellularity.
Nephritic syndrome
Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
- Abbreviated RPGN.
General
- Acute renal dysfunction.
DDx:
- Pauci-immune GN.
Microscopic
Features:
- Crescents.
Image:
Post-infectious glomerulonephritis
General
- Post-streptococcal infection.
- Lab test: Antistreptolysin O titer (ASOT) +ve.
Microscopic
Features:
- +/-Neutrophils - in glomerulus.
Image:
Rare diseases
Fabry disease
General
- Rare X-linked genetic disease.
- Caused by defect in alpha-galactosidase A gene.
- Women partially affected
- Lysosomal storage disorder -- 2nd in prevalence only to Gaucher disease.
- Multisystem disease affecting small vessels and kidney.
Presentation
- Women: usually proteinuria.
- Men: angiokeratomas, proteinuria.
Tx
- Symptomatic treatment.
- Enzyme replacement - agalsidase alpha (Replagal) or agalsidase beta (Fabrazyme).
Microscopic
LM:[40]
- Foamy podocyte inclusions, best visualized with toluidine blue.
- Mild mesangial hypercellularity.
EM:[40]
- Myelin-like inclusions.
- Concentric bodies with an onion-skin-like appearance.
- Zebra bodies.
- Ovoid inclusions with striped pattern.
Note:
- Myelin-like inclusion are not pathognomonic for Fabry disease; they may result from drug use:[40]
- Amiodarone,
- Aminoglycosides,
- Chloroquine.
Alport syndrome
General
Clinical:
- Hearing loss (sensorineural).
- Hematuria - usually preceeds hearing loss.[41]
- Can be thought of a pathologic form of thin basement membrane disease.[42]
Etiology:
- Genetic defect - collagen type IV.
Inheritance:[41]
- X-linked - 80%.
- Autosomal recessive - 15%.
- Autosomal dominant - 5%.
Microscopic
Features:[43]
- Near normal. (???)
EM
Features:[43]
- Abnormal glomerular basement membrane (GBM); thinning or thickening.
Myeloma
- See: Haematopathology.
- AKA myeloma kidney.
Cast nephropathy
Features:
- Cast with cellular reaction.
- Macrophages (CD68 +ve).
Stains:
- Myeloma casts = PAS -ve.
- Hyaline casts = PAS +ve.
Microscopic
Features:[44]
- Crap in tubules.
- Refractile.
Image:
- Cast nephropathy in myeloma (kidneypathology.com).
- Cast nephropathy in myeloma - refractile crap (kidneypathology.com).
Amyloidosis
- Usually associated with lambda clone.
Light chain deposition
- Usually associated with kappa clone.
Cystic kidney diseases
These are discussed in a separate article and include:
- Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD).
- Adult-onset medullary cystic disease.
- Acquired renal cystic disease.
- Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD).
- Medullary sponge kidney.
- Nephronophthisis.
- Cystic renal cell carcinoma.
Disease that does not get biopsied
Malignant hypertension
- May be seen in scleroderma.
Pyelonephritis
General
- Usually diagnosed clinically: urine C&S, urine R&M, +/-CT abdomen.
- May be associated with vesicoureteral reflux.
- Chronic pyelonephritis may be a reason for nephrectomy.[45]
Gross
Features:[46]
- +/-Necrosis of renal papillae.
Microscopic
Features:
- Interstitial nephritis.
Acute tubular necrosis
General
- Best diagnosed clinically (using urine R&M) - hemegranular casts are diagnostic.
- Often abbreviated ATN.
Microscopic
Features:[47]
- Hemegranular casts in the lumen.
- Regenerative activity (mitoses).
Hepatorenal syndrome
- Acute renal failure due secondary to cirrhosis or fulminant liver failure.
Clinical
- Urine sodium is low,[48] unlike in ATN (the main DDx).
Pathophysiology
- Renal vasoconstriction.[49]
Histology
- Normal.
Treatment
Medical and surgical:[50]
- Vasoconstrictors (e.g. midodrine, terlipressin (counteracts splanchnic vasodilation), norepinephrine).
- Albumin.
- TIPS (transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt).
- Liver transplantation.
Note:
- I suspect a portal vein pump would work... it reduces portal pressure and would likely increase hepatic function.
Transplant
General
Rejection can be:
- Acute.
- Chronic.
- Acute-on-chronic.
Acute
- Acute rejection has a standardized classification Banff classification.[51]
Diagnosis of acute rejection requires:
- Serology.
- IHC (C4d).
- This is somewhat debated.
- Morphology.
Predictors
- Associated with C4d+ IHC.[52]
- Mean graft survival is ~4 years for C4d+ interstitial capillaries vs. ~8 years for C4d- renal grafts.[53]
Polyomavirus
- This bad-boy is associated with failure of transplanted kidneys.[54]
- Treatment: reduce immunosuppression.[55]
Microscopic features:[55]
- Ground glass-like nuclear inclusions.
- Nuclear enlargement.
Calcineurin-inhibitor toxicity
- Calcineurin-inhibitors (e.g. cyclosporine,[56], tacrolimus[57]) toxicity can induce a thrombotic microangiopathy.
- Hyaline arteriopathy with a peripheral and nodular distribution (chronic toxicity).
See also
References
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