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Explore the intricacies of kidney diseases with our Renal Pathology assessment. This evaluation focuses on diagnosing and understanding various renal disorders, essential for medical students and professionals in nephrology and...

Questions: 26 | Attempts: 10 | Last updated: Aug 4, 2025

Sample Question
A female develops middle-aged PALPABLE Purpura along with sudden onset of oliguria with proteinuria/RBC casts after a course of penicillin. She soon dies due to renal failure. A photograph shows glomeruli with proliferation of parietal epithelial cells in Bowman's capsule forming a crescent around the glomerulus. What antibodies are likely present in the patient's serum? (SUPER HY: Composition of crescents?)

*Patient has classic case of MICROSCOPIC Polyangitis precipitated by drug(Like penicillin),patient developed type 3 rapidly progressiveCRESCENTRIC glomerulonephritis>nEphritic presentation with RBC casts,proliferation of parietal epithelial cells in Bowman’s capsule forming a crescent around the glomerulus is classic finding for this PAUCI-immune glomeruloneprhitis(No Ig/C3), Patients with MICROSCOPIC POLYANGITIS often are positive for MPO-ANCA/P-ANCA....*Palpable purpura is More suggestive of microscopic polyangitis than Wegener granulomatosis(Which could also cause Pauci-immune glomerulonephritis, these patients would be positive for PR3-ANCA/C-ANCA) i just remember one to not confuse them, i remember later one by:I had to do CPR 3 times to bring Wegener alive)...*Well Crescents are composed of Fibrin,Macrophages,glomerular PARIETAL cells,Monocytes,plasma proteins(C3B), but most important(Testable) content is FIBRIN+MACROPHAGES so know them...

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