A 42-year-old man comes to the emergency department because of fatigue, dark urine, and reduced urine output for 1 week. Serum creatinine has risen from 1.0 mg/dL to 3.9 mg/dL in 10 days. Urinalysis shows red blood cell casts. Renal biopsy demonstrates crescents in Bowman space. Which of the following syndromes best describes this pattern of renal injury?
- A)Acute tubular necrosis
- B)Nephrocalcinosis
- C)Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritisGABARITO
- D)Minimal change disease
- E)Acute interstitial nephritis
Explicação
Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis is a nephritic syndrome marked by rapid decline in renal function over days to weeks and crescent formation on biopsy. Crescents result from fibrin and plasma proteins leaking into Bowman space with proliferation of parie... Ver explicação completa e trilha adaptativa →