Organ System Pathology USMLE Step 1 Practice Question
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?
Answer choices
- ARapidly progressive glomerulonephritisCorrect answer
- BMinimal change disease
- CAcute tubular necrosis
- DAcute interstitial nephritis
- ENephrocalcinosis
- FAnti-GBM disease with linear IgG deposition
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