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PKG
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04/15/06 - 04:07 PM

a 37 year old woman with 2 year history of hypertension comes for follow up. her bp is 160/106 she has a history of reumatic fever and graves disease treated with I 131. where is the site of location of her pathology

renal arteries

renal glomeurli

aorta

adrenal medlla

thyroid gland

Edited by PKG on 04/20/06 - 03:21 PM

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04/15/06 - 04:52 PM

renal glomeurli

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04/16/06 - 01:51 AM

Renal arteries(fibromuscular dysplasia is common in young females)

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04/16/06 - 02:48 AM

Graves and rheumatic fever.... Autoantibodies? Renal glomeruli?? Plz correct

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04/17/06 - 11:12 PM

answer plz PKG

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04/18/06 - 03:59 AM

Renal arteries- fibromuscular dysplasia

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04/18/06 - 06:05 AM

renal glomeruli

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04/18/06 - 10:38 AM

renal arteries ??

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04/18/06 - 07:07 PM

No clue about this...I may guess it's "aorta"?!

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04/18/06 - 10:16 PM

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and my wild guess goes for........ thyroid gland (the only option nobody else has picked)

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04/18/06 - 11:33 PM

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Aorta vs. renal arteries

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04/19/06 - 06:35 AM

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past history of reumatic fever suggest possblity of glomerlonephritis,hypertension makes possiblity more likely.all other are possible ,but we have to rule out this first.

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04/20/06 - 01:37 PM

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this is a case of benign nephrosclerosis. the pathology involves the glomerular capillaries. but i am wondering......the glomerular capillaries originate ffrom the interlobular arteries which inturn originate fronm the arcuate arteries which ultimately originates from the renal artery. so what option is the most appropriate to pick? renal glomeruli or renal artery?

Any one ...please opine

Edited by PKG on 04/20/06 - 03:22 PM

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04/21/06 - 06:51 AM

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renal glomeruli - tuft of capillary loops at the beginning of each nephric tubule of the kidney

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04/21/06 - 08:02 AM

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whats the given answer PKG ? before you edited your post you said that the diagnosis is fibromuscular dysplasia affecting the renal artery !

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04/21/06 - 08:26 AM

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Just wanted to add that benign nephrosclerosis occurs as a result of hypertension.

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