Renal Pathology

Clinical History A 60 year old man who had worked in a paint factory for 40 years developed painless hematuria for one month. CT scan showed a suspected tumor in the left renal pelvis. He underwent a nephrectomy. Pathology This is the post-nephrectomy...

Clinical History A 54 year old male patient presents with flank pain. He is an active intravenous drug user. Further questioning reveals a history of intermittent hematuria, fevers, malaise and vomiting. On examination he is hypertensive and pyrexic...

Clinical History A 64-year old male presents with a 5-month history of generalized malaise, weight loss and dull right flank pain. On examination, there is a palpable right sided abdominal mass. He is noted to be hypertensive. Urinalysis reveals...

Clinical History A 38-year old female presents with severe nausea, vomiting, fevers and rigors. She has a history of recurrent urinary tract infection over the past 6 months. She has required several courses of oral antibiotics, and one admission for IV...

Clinical History A 68-year old male presented with fevers and rigors. Further questioning reveals a 6-month history of intermittent bilateral flank pain and hematuria. Biochemical investigations reveal significantly impaired renal function with a normal...

Clinical History A 72-year old female presented with colicky flank pain and increasing malaise. Intermittent hematuria was noted. Biochemical investigations reveal significantly impaired renal function. CT abdomen showed congenital renal agenesis of the...

Clinical History A 49-year old male presents with a 6-week history of malaise, urinary frequency and hematuria for 6 weeks. Further questioning revealed intermittent left flank pain. Abdominal ultrasound showed severe hydronephrosis and hydroureter,...

Clinical History This specimen was found during a routine post-mortem of a 56-year-old male who died of rheumatic heart disease. Pathology The kidney is 12 cm in length and the two parts are fused at the lower pole forming this horseshoe-like shape. The...

Clinical History A 40-year old male attends his GP complaining of 2 weeks of hematuria and new onset of headache with blurred vision. His GP notes a blood pressure of 260/110 and refers the patient to hospital. The patient collapses on arrival to...

Clinical History A 77-year old male presented with a 3-day history of abdominal and flank pain with fevers and rigors. He was 2 weeks post-operative from a duodenal ulcer repair surgery. He was hypotensive, hyperkalemic and hyponatremic with a purpuric...