Communication: Discussion Board: Quiz #8 Results
  1. A 4-year old child developed proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia and edema (i.e. nephrotic syndrome). The urinary sediment contained no inflammatory or red blood cells, but did contain lipid casts. What is the most likely diagnosis?
    Minimal change nephrotic syndrome

  2. Name the renal lesion typically seen in patients with cardiogenic and hypovolemic shock.
    Acute tubular necrosis

  3. Name an autosomal dominant genetic disorder that inevitably leads to bilateral kidney enlargement and failure.
    Adult polycystic kidney disease

  4. What is the clinical term meaning acute decline in the glomerular filtration rate with a resultant increase in blood urea nitrogen and serum creatinine values?
    Acute renal failure

  5. Name the disease that is caused by bacterial infections (usually E. coli) ascending through the ureters and renal collecting ducts to the kidney.
    Pyelonephritis

  6. Name the most common, malignant tumor of the kidney in adults.
    Renal cell carcinoma

  7. Name a testicular tumor that can cause symptoms of precocious puberty in an 8-year old boy.
    Leydig cell tumor

  8. Name a congenital anomaly that significantly increases the risk of developing male germ cell tumors.
    Cryptorchidism

  9. Name the disorder in elderly men that is associated with obstruction to the flow of urine through the bladder outlet, trabeculation and hyperplasia of the bladder wall, and increased incidence of cystitis.
    Nodular prostatic hyperplasia

  10. Name a testicular germ cell tumor that represents extraembryonic differentiation of a multipotential stem cell.
    Choriocarcinoma/Yolk sac carcinoma