
RENAL
SYSTEM
Fig. 6.29
Fig. 6.25
Xanthogranulomatous
pyelonephritis.
F/60.
The
kidney
is
opened
to
show
the
features
of
acute pyelonephritis
already
displayed
in
Figure 6.23,
together
with large areas
of
haemorrhage
and
lipid accumulation. These features occur
in a
small
percentage
of
cases
of
pyelonephritis,
but do not
appear
to
have
any
special significance.
Fig. 6.26
Pyonephrosis.
M/26 weeks. This child
had
congenital abnormalities
of the
lower urinary tract which
predisposed
to
infection.
As
well
as
acute pyelonephritis there
is
a
large amount
of pus in the
calyceal system.
Fig. 6.27
Nephrolithiasis
and
hydronephrosis.
F/42.
Fragments
of a
staghorn calculus
are
impacted
in the
calyces
at
the
upper pole
of the
kidney.
Fig. 6.28 Renal
tuberculosis.
M/28.
In the
lower third
of the
kidney
there
is a
caseous inflammatory mass extending through
the
whole thickness
of the
renal cortex. Numerous acid-fast
bacilli were demonstrated
in the
microscopic sections. This
patient presented with
the
classic symptom
of
painless
haematuria. Investigations confirmed
the
diagnosis
of
tuberculosis,
and
nephrectomy
was
performed.
Fig. 6.29 Early
analgesic
nephropathy.
F/54. There
is a
heavy
deposition
of
lipid
in the
renal papillae.
The
remainder
of
the
kidney
is
still relatively normal.
Fig. 6.30
More
advanced
analgesic
nephropathy.
M/60.
There
is
acute necrosis
of the
renal papillae, especially
in the
lower
pole,
and
shrinkage
and
scarring
of the
renal substance
is
beginning.
Fig. 6.30
Fig. 6.31
Fig. 6.31 Advanced
analgesic
nephropathy.
F/41.
The
kidneys
are
small
and
irregularly scarred.
The
renal papillae have
virtually
all
disappeared
and the
cortex
is
very
thin.
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