Acute Kidney Injury USMLE Step 1 Practice Question
A 48 year old man comes to the office because of several weeks of lower extremity edema. He recently underwent evaluation for a solid renal mass. Urinalysis shows marked proteinuria without hematuria. Serum albumin is decreased. Renal biopsy shows diffuse thickening of the glomerular basement membrane, and electron microscopy demonstrates subepithelial immune complex deposits. Which of the following is the most likely renal diagnosis?
Answer choices
- APostinfectious glomerulonephritis
- BRapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
- CMinimal change disease
- DDiffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis
- EMembranous nephropathyCorrect answer
- FIgA nephropathy
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