Lesson 22

Kidney diseases

Key points:
1. Glomerulopathies. Glomerulonephritis: classification, morphology, consequences.
2. Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome, membranous nephropathy, focal segmentalglomerulosclerosis: morpho-logical characteristics.
3. Acute tubular necrosis: morphological characteristics.
4. Tubulointerstitial nephritis: morphological characteristics, consequences.
5. Acute and chronic pyelonephritis: morphological characteristics, complications. Nephrolithiasis. Morpho-genesis, morphological characteristics, consequences.
6. Hydronephrosis. Morphogenesis, morphological characteristics, consequences.
7. Amyloidosis of the kidneys: morphological characteristics, consequences.
8. Chronic renal failure: pathological anatomy.
9. Kidney tumors. Benign tumors, Wilms tumors. Renal cell carcinoma. Causes, pathologicalanatomy, features of metastasis.

Sources:
1. Kumar, Vinay, Abul K. Abbas, and Jon C. Aster. Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease. Ninth edition. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier/Saunders, 2015. P.38-61.
2. Kumar, Vinay, AbulK Abbas, Jon C Aster, and Stanley L. 1915-2003 Robbins. RobbinsBasic Pathology. Tenth Edition. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier/Saunders, 2018. P.34-48.
3. Klatt, Edward C. Robbins and Cotran Atlas of Pathology. Third edition. Philadelphia, PA:Elsevier Saunders, 2015.
4. Klatt, Edward C., and Vinay Kumar. Robbins and Cotran Review of Pathology. Fourth edition. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders, 2015. P.6-17.
5. Harsh Mohan. Essential Pathology for Dental Students.Fourth edition. Jaypee Brothers,Medical Publishers Pvt. Limited, 2011. P. 184-220.

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