Paper II — 2022 July (Supplementary) (2019 Scheme) — Q19

Paper II

2022 July (Supplementary) (2019 Scheme) · 100 marks · 180 min

Question

Name two causes of flea bitten kidney

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Answer

• Malignant hypertension
• Polyarteritis nodosa (both cause a “flea-bitten” kidney appearance from multiple small petechial haemorrhages on the renal surface due to necrotizing arteriolar/arterial injury)

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