Genitourinary Flashcards
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What are the causes of papillary necrosis?
Diabetes (most common)
Pyelonephritis
TB
Sickle cell
Analgesics
Cirrhosis
What are the causes of medullary nephrocalcinosis?
Da: hyper vitamin D
C: calcaemic/calciuric state
RA: renal tubular acidosis (type 1)
M: medullary sponge kidney (usually unilateral)
P: hyperparathyroidism
S: sarcoid
T: hyper/hypothyroid
What are the causes of pyramidal nephrocalcinosis?
Da: drugs (furosemide)
H: hyperuricaemia
I: infection (TB)
P: papillary necrosis
S: sickle cell disease
What are the causes of cortical nephrocalcinosis?
P: chronic pyelonephritis
R: reflux
A: Alport syndrome
N: necrosis (renal cortical)
H: hypercalcaemia/hyperoxaluria
A: autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease
What are the causes of cortical necrosis?
P: pregnancy
I: infarct
T: transplant rejection
H: Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS)
E: Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL)
A: arsenic
D: drugs
S: sepsis, snake bites
Patients had previous renal biopsy.
US shows tissue vibration artefact, high arterial velocity and pulsatile flow in the vein.
Diagnosis?
Arteriovenous fistula (AVF)
Patient who had renal transplant 2 weeks previously has an ultrasound.
The kidney appears swollen and there is reversal of diastolic flow in the renal artery.
What is the diagnosis?
Renal vein thrombosis
Reversal of diastolic flow = “reverse M sign”
What disorder is associated with medullary RCC?
Sickle cell trait
What syndrome is associated with chromophobe RCC?
Birt Hogg Dube
What disorder is associated with clear cell RCC?
von Hippel Lindau
What is the differential for a T2 dark renal cyst?
Lipid poor AML
Haemorrhagic cyst
Papillary subtype RCC
What are the only renal calculi not seen on CT and which group of patients get them?
Indinavir calculi
(Seen in HIV patients on indinavir)
Renal lesion with fat and no calcification.
Angiomyolipoma
What are some causes of a calcaemic/calciuric state?
Cushing’s
Bartters
Multiple myeloma
Bony metastases
What 3 conditions are associated with medullary sponge kidney?
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Carolis syndrome
Beckwith-Weidman syndrome
What are the causes of a delayed nephrogram?
i.e. failure of normal temporal progression of nephrographic contrast.
Obstructive uropathy (most common)
Renal vein thrombosis
Renal artery stenosis
Extrinsic compression (Page kidney)
What are the causes of a persistent nephrogram?
Hypotension/Shock
Acute tubular necrosis
Bilateral renal vein thrombosis
Bilateral renal artery stenosis
Bilateral obstructive uropathy
What is a normal resistive index in a transplant kidney?
Less than 0.7
What are the causes of post renal transplant fluid collections?
Haematoma (immediate)
Encapsulated urine collection: urinoma (1-2 weeks)
Abscess (3-4 weeks)
Lymphocele (2 months)
What percentage of the population have an early branching renal artery?
(Branches before the renal hilum)
10%
What percentage of the population have an accessory renal artery and which side is more common?
30%
left accessory renal artery is more common
Patient who had renal transplant 2 weeks previously, presents with decreases urine output. Ultrasound shows anechoic well defined perirenal mass with no septations.
What is the most likely diagnosis?
Urinoma
How would you distinguish acute tubular necrosis from acute rejection of renal transplant?
MAG3: ATN has normal perfusion and rejection does not. Both have delayed excretion.
What are the criteria for renal artery stenosis in transplants?
Peak systolic velocity >200cm/s
2:1 PSV ratio between stenotic and pre-stenotic artery
Turbulent flow (spectral broadening)
Tardus-parvus waveform (measured at main renal artery hilum)