22 year old lady with muscle weakness, renal insufficiency and  proteinuria

22 year old lady with muscle weakness, renal insufficiency and proteinuria

Correct answer is choice C Patient has classic features of MCTD based on overlap clinical symptoms of sjogrens( dry eyes, dry mouth) , scleroderma (skin tightening and swallowing difficulties) and also joint pains. Serology is positive for MCTD disease with positive RNP-ENA-...

48-year-old man presents with acute onset right flank pain and nephrotic syndrome

48-year-old man presents with acute onset right flank pain and nephrotic syndrome

Answer is D Treatment of RVT in a patient with nephrotic syndrome and AKI includes local thrombolytic therapy with percutaneous catheter thrombectomy when there is a large clot burden (as in in this patient- clot extending to IVC), bilateral RVT, or a solitary kidney. Direct...