HAEMATURIA
DR KM PARAKRAMA
REGISTRAR 15A2
INTRODUCTION
 Haematuria is defined as presence of more than 5 RBCs per microliter of
urine.
 Normal children can excrete more than 500,000 RBCs per 24hrs.
 Increased amount in fever and exercise.
 Can be detected by microscopy or dipstick method.
 Uses a peroxidase reaction to create a colour change
 It can detect 3-5 RBCs/uL of unspun urine.
 Clinically significant haematuria is when >50 RBCs/uL.
 False (+)se-
 Haemoglobinuria.
 Myoglobinuria.
 Presence of microbial peroxidases as in UTIs.
 Alkaline urine(pH >8).
 Hydrogen peroxide used to clean perineum.
 False (-)se-
 Presence of Formalin(used as a preservative).
 Ascorbic acid in high doses(>2000mg/day)
CONDITIONS THAT MIMIK
HAEMATURIA
 Haem (+)-Haemoglobin, Myoglobin
 Haem (-)-Drugs(Chloroquine, Desferioxamin, Metronidazole, Rifampicin)
 Dyes(Beet, Colouring)
 Metabolites(Homogentisic acid, Melanin, Methemoglobin, Porphyrin.
Urates)
Haematuria
Haematuria
Haematuria
Haematuria
IGA NEPHROPATHY(BERGER’S
DISEASE)
 Most common chronic glomerular disease in children.
 Predominant IgA in mesangial glomerular deposits.
 Associated with mesangial proliferation and increased mesangial matrix
 Immune complex disease initiated by excessive amounts of poorly
galactosylated IgA1 in the serum
 Production of IgG and IgA autoantibodies.
 Also been observed in patients with Henoch-Schönlein purpura.
 Hypothesis that these 2 diseases are part of the same disease spectrum.
 Familial clustering of IgA nephropathy cases suggests the importance of genetic
factors.
 CLINICAL AND LABORATORY MANIFESTATIONS
 More often in male than in female patients.
 Clinical presentation in childhood is often benign in comparison to that of adults.
 Uncommon cause of end-stage renal failure during childhood.
 Presentations include acute nephritic syndrome, nephrotic syndrome, or a
combined nephritic-nephrotic picture.
 Gross haematuria often occurs within 1-2 days of onset of an upper respiratory or
gastrointestinal infection.
 May be associated with loin pain.
 Proteinuria is often <1000 mg/24 hr in patients with asymptomatic microscopic
haematuria.
 Mild to moderate hypertension is most often seen in patients with nephritic
or nephrotic syndrome.
 Normal serum levels of C3 in IgA nephropathy.
 Serum IgA levels have no diagnostic value because they are elevated in only
15% of paediatric patients.
 PROGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
 Does not lead to significant kidney damage in most children.
 Progressive disease develops in 20-30% of patients 15-20 yrs. after disease
onset.
 Poor prognostic indicators at presentation or follow-up include,
 Hypertension, diminished renal function, and significant, increasing or
prolonged proteinuria
 More severe prognosis is correlated with histologic evidence of diffuse
mesangial proliferation, extensive glomerular crescents, glomerulosclerosis,
and diffuse tubulointerstitial changes, including inflammation and fibrosis.
 TREATMENT
 Appropriate BP control and management of significant proteinuria.
 ACE inhibitors and ARBs are effective in reducing proteinuria and retarding
the rate of disease progression.
 Fish oil, which contains anti-inflammatory omega-3 PUFAs, may decrease the
rate of disease progression in adults.
 Corticosteroids reduce proteinuria and improve renal function in those
patients with a glomerular filtration rate >60 mL/min/m2.
 Additional immunosuppression with cyclophosphamide or azathioprine has
not appeared to be effective.
 Performing a tonsillectomy in the absence of significant tonsillitis in
association with IgA nephropathy is currently not recommended.
 Patients with IgA nephropathy may undergo successful kidney
transplantation.
 Recurrent disease is frequent, allograft loss caused by IgA nephropathy occurs
in only 15-30% of patients.
ALPORT SYNDROME
 Caused by mutations in the genes coding for type IV collagen.
 Major component of basement membranes.
 GENETICS
 85% of patients have X-linked inheritance.
 Mutation in the COL4A5 gene encoding the α5 chain of type IV collagen.
 Autosomal recessive forms of AS are caused by mutations in the COL4A3
and COL4A4 genes on chromosome 2 encoding the α3 and α4 chains of
type IV collagen.
 Autosomal dominant form of AS linked to the COL4A3-COL4A4 gene locus
occurs in 5% of cases.
 PATHOLOGY
 In most patients, electron microscopy reveals diffuse thickening, thinning,
splitting, and layering of the glomerular and tubular basement membranes.
 CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
 All patients with AS have asymptomatic microscopic haematuria.
 Gross haematuria commonly occurring 1-2 days after an upper respiratory
infection are seen in approximately 50% of patients.
 Proteinuria is often seen in boys.
 May be absent, mild, or intermittentin girls.
 Progressive proteinuria, often exceeding 1 g/24 hr, is common by the 2nd
decade of life and can be severe enough to cause nephrotic syndrome.
 Bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, which is never congenital, develops in
90% of hemizygous males with X-linked AS, 10% of heterozygous females
with X-linked AS.
 Ocular abnormalities in
 30-40% with X-linked AS, include anterior lenticonus, macular flecks, and
corneal erosions.
 Leiomyomatosis of the oesophagus, tracheobronchial tree, and female
genitals in association with platelet abnormalities has been reported, but is
rare.
 DIAGNOSIS
 Family history, a screening urinalysis of 1stdegree relatives, an audiogram,
an ophthalmologic examination are critical in making the diagnosis.
 Anterior lenticonus is pathognomonic.
 Highly likely in the patient who has haematuria and at least 2 of the
 Macular flecks, recurrent corneal erosions, GBM thickening and thinning, or
sensorineural deafness.
 Absence of epidermal basement membrane staining for the α5 chain of type
IV collagen in male hemizygotes,
 Discontinuous epidermal basement membrane staining in female
heterozygotes on skin biopsy is pathognomonic for X-linked AS.
 Genetic testing is clinically available for X-linked AS and COL4A5 mutations.
 Prenatal diagnosis is available for families with members who have X-linked
AS and who carry an identified mutation.
 PROGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
 Risk of progressive renal dysfunction leading to ESRD is highest among
hemizygotes and autosomal recessive homozygotes.
 Occurs before age 30 yr in approximately 75% of hemizygotes with X-linked
AS.
 Risk of ESRD in X-linked heterozygotes is 12% by age 40 yr and 30% by age
60 yr.
 Risk factors for progression are,
 Gross haematuria during childhood, nephrotic syndrome, and prominent GBM
thickening.
 No specific therapy is available to treat.
 Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, can slow the rate of progression.
 Mx of renal failure complications such as hypertension, anaemia, and
electrolyte imbalance is critical.
 ESRD is treated with dialysis and kidney transplantation.
 5% of kidney transplantation recipients develop anti-GBM nephritis,
 It occurs primarily in males with X-linked AS who develop ESRD before age 30
yr.
 Pharmacologic treatment of proteinuria with ACE inhibition or ARB has shown
promise in AS.
 Screening of heterozygote carriers for significant renal disease in later
adulthood.
THIN BASEMENT MEMBRANE DISEASE
 Defined by the presence of persistent microscopic haematuria and isolated
thinning of the GBM on electron microscopy.
 Microscopic haematuria is often initially observed during childhood and
may be intermittent.
 Episodic gross haematuria can also be present, particularly after a
respiratory illness.
 Isolated haematuria in multiple family members without renal dysfunction
is referred to as benign familial haematuria.
 It is often presumed that the underlying pathology is TBMD.
 May be sporadic or transmitted as an AD trait.
 Heterozygous mutations in the COL4A3 and COL4A4 genes, which encode the
α3 and α4 chains of type IV collagen present in the GBM.
 Rare cases of TBMD progress, and develop significant proteinuria,
hypertension, or renal insufficiency.
 Homozygous mutations in these same genes result in AR AS.
 Absence of a positive family history for renal insufficiency or deafness would
not necessarily predict a benign outcome.
 Monitoring patients with benign familial haematuria for progressive
proteinuria, hypertension, or renal insufficiency is important through
childhood and young adulthood.
GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
Haematuria
Haematuria
GOODPASTURE DISEASE
 Characterized by pulmonary haemorrhage and glomerulonephritis.
 antibodies directed against certain epitopes of type IV collagen, located
 within the alveolar basement membrane in the lung and glomerular
 basement membrane (GBM) in the kidney.
 PATHOLOGY
 Crescentic glomerulonephritis in most patients.
 Immunofluorescence microscopy demonstrates continuous linear
deposition of immunoglobulin G along the GBM
 CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
 Rare in childhood.
 Usually present with haemoptysis from pulmonary haemorrhage that can
life-threatening.
 Renal manifestations include acute glomerulonephritis with haematuria,
proteinuria, and hypertension, which usually follows a rapidly progressive
course.
 Renal failure commonly develops within days to weeks of presentation.
 Uncommonly, patients can have isolated, rapidly progressive
glomerulonephritis without pulmonary haemorrhage.
 In all cases, serum anti-GBM antibody is present and complement C3 level is
normal.
 In patients who have Ant neutrophilic cytoplasmic antibody levels elevated
along with the anti-GBM antibody have severe prognosis.
 DIAGNOSIS AND DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
 Dx is made by a combination of the clinical presentation of pulmonary
haemorrhage with AGN,
 The presence of antibodies against GBM), and characteristic renal biopsy
findings.
 DDx are systemic lupus erythematosus,
 Henoch-Schönlein purpura,
 Granulomatosis with polyangiitis,
 Nephrotic syndrome–associated pulmonary embolism, and microscopic
polyangiitis.
 PROGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
 Untreated, the prognosis of Goodpasture disease is poor.
 High-dose IV methylprednisolone, cyclophosphamide,and plasmapheresis
appears to improve survival.
 Patients who survive the pulmonary hemorrhage often progress to end-
stagerenal failure despite ongoing immunosuppressive therapy.
HENOCH-SCHÖNLEIN PURPURA
NEPHRITIS
 The most common small vessel vasculitis in childhood.
 Characterized by a purpuric rash and accompanied by arthritis and
abdominal pain.
 50% of patients with HSP develop renal manifestations,
 It varies from asymptomatic microscopic haematuria to severe,
progressive glomerulonephritis.
 PATHOGENESIS AND PATHOLOGY
 Mediated by the deposition of polymeric immunoglobulin A (IgA) in
glomeruli.
 Analogous to the same type of IgA deposits seen in systemic small vessels,
 Findings can be indistinguishable from those of IgA nephropathy.
 CLINICAL AND LABORATORY MANIFESTATIONS
 Nephritis associated with HSP usually follows onset of the rash.
 Weeks or even months after the initial presentation of the disease.
 Only rarely before onset of the rash.
 Most patients have only mild renal manifestations, isolated microscopic
haematuria without significant proteinuria.
INTRODUCTION
 A common cause of community acquired acute kidney injury in children.
 Several sub-types
 Infection induced
 Genetic
 Medication-induced
 Systemic disease associated
 Classical triad of MAHA, Thrombocytopenia and Renal insufficiency
HAEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME
Etiology
 Commonest cause- Diarrhoea associated HUS with STEC E.coli in western
countries and Shigella dysenteriae type 1 in Asia and south Africa.
 Several serotypes of E.coli O157:H7 and O104:H4
 Reservoir is GI tract of animals.
 Transmitted by eating undercooked meat and drinking unpasteurised milk
 Rarely can be associated with Empyema.
 It is due to neuraminidase providing Streptococcus pneumonia.
 Similar type of disease occurs in HIV
 Genetic forms of HUS can be associated with
 Deficiencies of Von willibrand factor cleaving protease (ADAMTS13) or
complement factors H,I and B and Vitamin B12 metabolism.
 Absent prodromal diarrhoea.
 Relapsing non-remitting course.
 HUS can occur with illnesses that cause microvascular injury
 Eg:-Malignant Hypertension, SLE, Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
 Iatrogenic causes:- Bone marrow transplant, calcineurin inhibitors etc.
Pathogenesis
 Microvascular injury with endothelial damage.
 Toxins cause direct endothelial damage
 Shiga toxin promote platelet aggregation.
 Neuraminidase cleaves sialic acid on endothelial cells, RBC and platelets
to expose Thomson-Freidenreich (T) antigen
 Microvascular injury is triggered by endogenous IgM
 Familial cases inherited deficiencies of inhibitors of complement
pathway causing a cascade of cellular injury.
 Micro thrombi in kidney causing decrease GFR
 Platelet aggregation causes consumptive thrombocytopenia
 Micoangiopathic haemolytic anaemia is caused by mechanical damage
to RBC when they pass through damaged and thrombosed
microvasculature
Clinical Manifestations
 Most common in preschool and school age children.
 In infection associated HUS, starts after an episode of diarrhoea.
 Often bloody, but doesn't necessary to be
 Oliguria can be masked by ongoing diarrhoea.
 Can present with volume overload or dehydration.
 Pneumonia associated HUS may begin with predominant lung signs.
 Genetic variants are insidious.
 Can become a severe multisystemic disease
 No significant factors to predict the outcome at the onset of the
disease.
 Renal dysfunction and haemolysis can lead to sever hyperkalaemia
 Severe anaemia, volume overload and hypertension can cause heart
failure
 Heart involvement with pericarditis myocarditis and arrhythmias can
occur independent of electrolyte imbalances and volume overload.
 CNS involvement with irritability lethargy and seizures can occur in
<20%.
 Encephalopathy and seizures can occur.
 Focal ischemia and small infarction in basal ganglia are reported.
 Large infarctions and intracranial haemorrhages are rare.
 GI complications can occur such as inflammatory colitis, bowel
perforations, intussusception and pancreatitis.
 Petechiae can develop but overt haemorrhage is rare.
Diagnosis
 Classic triad of MAHA Thrombocytopenia and renal insufficiency
 Anaemia can progress very rapidly.
 Thrombocytopenia may be variable with range of 20,000-100,000
 PT and APTT will be normal.
 Coombs test is negative except in Neuraminidase induced HUS.
 Urine analysis will show haematuria and low grade proteinuria.
 Renal functions will be elevated.
 Most often stool cultures and full reports do not become positive.
 Kidney Bx is rarely indicated.
 If no history of prodromal diarrhoea or chest infection is noted,
evaluation should be done for genetic forms.
 Other forms of microangiopathy should also be excluded.
Prognosis
 Death risk is <5%.
 Most recover completely.
 5% remain depended on dialysis.
 30% is left with some chronic renal insufficiency.
 HUS not associated with diarrhoea is more severe.
 Pneumococcal associated HUS has a high morbidity and a mortality
approaching 20%
 Familial or genetic forms have a relapsing course with poor prognosis.
Management
 Management is supportive.
 Includes fluid and electrolyte management control of hypertension and
management of complications.
 Early volume expansion may be nephron-protective in diarrhoea
associated HUS.
 Red cell transfusion is recommended until the acute phase of the illness
is over.
 In pneumococcal associated HUS red cells should be washed prior to
transfusion.
 If not endogenous IgM may react with exposed T Ag
 Platelets need not be administered as they are consumed quickly and
can cause thrombi formation.
 Antibiotic therapy can worsen the disease course in diarrhoea
associated HUS.
 But prompt treatment should be given for pneumococcal associated
HUS.
 Plasma paresis has been proposed for patients with severe involvement
specially CNS involvement
 It is contraindicated in Pneumococcal associated HUS.
 Eculizumab (ant C5 Ab) is used to treat atypical HUS
 It inhibits complement pathway.
 No significance in diarrhoea associated HUS.
 Increase in risk for meningitis- Meningococcal vaccination is done for
all who are treated.
 Plasma exchange is recommended for patients with ADAMTS13 or
factor H deficiencies.
 OTHER UPPER TRACT CAUSES OF HAEMATURIA
 Interstitial Nephritis
 Toxic Nephropathy
 Cortical Necrosis
 Pyelonephritis
 Nephrocalcinosis
 Vascular Abnormalities-
 Haemangiomas, haemangiolymphangiomas, angiomyomas, and
arteriovenous malformations of the kidneys and lower urinary tract are rare
causes of haematuria.
 Nutcracker syndrome
 Unilateral bleeding of varicose veins of the left ureter,
 Resulting from compression of the left renal vein between the aorta and
superior mesenteric artery (mesoaortic compression).
 Typically present with persistent microscopic haematuria ,recurrent gross
haematuria.
 It may be accompanied by proteinuria, left lower abdominal pain, left flank
pain, or orthostatic hypotension.
 Diagnosis requires a high degree of suspicion and is confirmed by Doppler
ultrasonography, CT, phlebography of the left renal vein, or magnetic
resonance angiography.
RENAL VEIN THROMBOSIS
 Occurs in 2 distinct clinical settings.
 In newborns and infants,
 RVT is commonly associated with asphyxia, dehydration, shock, sepsis,
congenital hypercoagulable states, maternal diabetes
 In older children,
 Patients with nephrotic syndrome, cyanotic heart disease, inherited
hypercoagulable states, sepsis, following kidney transplantation, and
following exposure to angiographic contrast agents.
 PATHOGENESIS
 Begins in the intrarenal venous circulation and can then extend to the main
renal vein and IVC.
 Mediated by endothelial cell injury resulting from hypoxia, endotoxin, or
contrast media
 hypercoagulability from nephrotic syndrome, factor V Leiden deficiency,
hypovolemia, septic shock, dehydration, intravascular sludging caused by
polycythaemia.
 CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
 Sudden onset of gross haematuria and unilateral or bilateral flank masses.
 Can also present with microscopic haematuria, flank pain, hypertension, or a
MAHA with thrombocytopenia or oliguria.
 DIAGNOSIS
 Suggested by the development of haematuria and flank masses in patients
seen in the high-risk clinical settings.
 USS shows marked renal enlargement, and radionuclide studies reveal little
no renal function in the affected kidney.
 Doppler studies of the IVC and renal vein confirm the diagnosis.
 TREATMENT
 Aggressive supportive intensive care, including correction of fluid and
electrolyte imbalance and Rx of renal insufficiency.
 Rx of BL RVT should include tissue plasminogen activator and unfractionated
heparin followed by continued anticoagulation with unfractionated or low-
molecular-weight heparin
 Children with severe HTN secondary to RVT refractory to antihypertensives
may require nephrectomy.
 PROGNOSIS
 Partial or complete renal atrophy is a common sequela of RVT in the neonate.
 Increased risk of renal insufficiency, renal tubular dysfunction, and systemic
HTN.
 Recovery of renal function is not uncommon in older children with correction
of the underlying etiology.
IDIOPATHIC HYPERCALCIURIA
 May be inherited as an autosomal dominant disorder,
 May present as,
 Recurrent gross hematuria, persistent microscopic hematuria, dysuria, or
abdominal pain in the absence of stone formation.
 DIAGNOSIS
 24 hr urinary calcium excretion >4 mg/kg.
 A screening test for may be performed on a random urine specimen by
measuring the calcium and creatinine concentrations.
 Spot urine calcium : creatinine ratio (mg/dL : mg/dL) >0.2 suggests
hypercalciuria in an older child.
 Normal ratios may be as high as 0.8 in infants <7 mo of age.
 TREATMENT
 Left untreated, hypercalciuria leads to nephrolithiasis in 15%.
 Increased risk for development of low bone mineral density as well as an
increased incidence of UTI.
 Risk factor in 40% of children with kidney stones.
 Low urinary citrate level has been associated as a risk factor in approximately
38%.
 thiazide diuretics can normalize urinary calcium excretion by stimulating
calcium reabsorption in the proximal and distal tubules.
 Leads to resolution of gross haematuria or dysuria and can prevent
nephrolithiasis.
 In persistent gross haematuria or dysuria,
 HTC at a dose of 1-2 mg/kg/24 hr as a single morning dose.
 Dose is titrated upward until the 24 hr urinary calcium excretion is <4 mg/kg
 After 1 yr of treatment, hydrochlorothiazide is usually discontinued,
 Resumed if gross haematuria, nephrolithiasis, or dysuria recurs.
 Serum potassium level should be monitored periodically to avoid
hypokalaemia.
 Potassium citrate at a dose of 1 mEq/kg/24 hr may also be beneficial,
 In patients with low urinary citrate excretion and symptomatic dysuria.
 Na restriction is important because urinary Ca excretion parallels Na excretion
excretion
 Leads to resolution of gross haematuria or dysuria and can prevent
nephrolithiasis.
 In persistent gross haematuria or dysuria,
 HTC at a dose of 1-2 mg/kg/24 hr as a single morning dose.
 Dose is titrated upward until the 24 hr urinary calcium excretion is <4 mg/kg
 After 1 yr of treatment, hydrochlorothiazide is usually discontinued,
 Resumed if gross haematuria, nephrolithiasis, or dysuria recurs.
 Serum potassium level should be monitored periodically to avoid
hypokalaemia.
 Potassium citrate at a dose of 1 mEq/kg/24 hr may also be beneficial,
 In patients with low urinary citrate excretion and symptomatic dysuria.
 Na restriction is important because urinary Ca excretion parallels Na excretion
excretion
 dietary Ca restriction is not recommended (except in children with massive
Ca intake >250% of RDA by dietary history)
 Ca is a critical requirement for growth,
 No evidence supports a relationship between decreased Ca intake and
decreased urinary Ca levels.
 Bisphosphonate therapy, which leads to a reduction in urinary calcium
excretion and improvement in bone mineral density.
 (Further studies are needed to prove efficacy)
HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES
CAUSING HAEMATURIA
 SICKLE CELL NEPHROPATHY
 Gross or microscopic haematuria may be seen in children with sickle cell
disease or sickle trait
 Hematuria tends to resolve spontaneously in the majority
 Related to microthrombosis secondary to sickling
 Clinical manifestations of SSN include polyuria caused by a urinary
concentrating defect, renal tubular acidosis, and proteinuria
 Tubular manifestations have no specific treatment
 Can lead to hypertension, renal insufficiency, and kidney failure
AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE POLYCYSTIC
KIDNEY DISEASE
 Referred to as infantile polycystic disease
 Gene for ARPKD (PKHD1 [polycystic kidney and hepatic disease]) encodes
fibrocystin
 PATHOLOGY
 Both kidneys are markedly enlarged and show innumerable cysts
throughout the cortex and medulla
 Progressive interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy during advanced
stages of disease
 dual-organ disease and should be considered as ARPKD/congenital
hepatic fibrosis
 CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
 BL flank masses during the neonatal period or in early infancy.
 May associate with oligohydramnios, pulmonary hypoplasia, respiratory
distress, and spontaneous pneumothorax in the neonatal period.
 Potter syndrome including low-set ears, micrognathia, flattened nose, limb
positioning defects, and intrauterine growth restriction, may be present at
death from pulmonary hypoplasia.
 HTN noted within the first few weeks of life
 Severe requires aggressive multidrug therapy
 ARF uncommon
 50% of patients with a neonatal-perinatal presentation develop ESRD by age
10 yr.
 increasingly recognized in infants with a mixed renal-hepatic clinical picture
 Hepatic disease -portal hypertension, hepatosplenomegaly, gastroesophageal
varices, ascending cholangitis, prominent cutaneous periumbilical veins,
reversal of portal vein flow, and thrombocytopenia
 Renal findings in range from asymptomatic abnormal renal ultrasonography to
systemic HTN and renal insufficiency.
 Radiologic or clinical laboratory assessment is present in approximately 45%
 Universal by microscopic evaluation.
 DIAGNOSIS
 Markedly enlarged and uniformly hyperechogenic kidneys with poor
corticomedullary differentiation on ultrasonography
 Supported by clinical and laboratory signs of hepatic fibrosis,
 Findings of ductal plate abnormalities seen on liver biopsy,
 Anatomic and pathologic proof of ARPKD in a sibling, or parental
consanguinity
 Confirmed by genetic testing
 TREATMENT
 Supportive .
 Aggressive ventilator support is often necessary in the neonatal period
 management of hypertension-ACE inhibitors
 Fluid and electrolyte abnormalities,
 Osteopenia ,
 Manifestations of renal insufficiency
 Pt with severe respiratory failure or feeding intolerance from enlarged kidneys
can require unilateral or bilateral nephrectomies
 Dual renal and hepatic transplantation
 Avoids the later development of end-stage liver disease despite successful
renal transplantation
 PROGNOSIS
 30% die in the neonatal period from complications of pulmonary hypoplasia.
 Increased 10 yr survival of children surviving beyond the1st yr of life to >80%.
 Fifteen-year survival is currently estimated at 70-80%
AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT
POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE
 The commonest hereditary human kidney disease,
 Systemic disorder
 Possible cyst formation in multiple organs (liver, pancreas, spleen, brain)
 Development of saccular cerebral aneurysms
 PATHOLOGY
 Both kidneys are enlarged and show cortical and medullary cysts
originating from all regions of the nephron.
 85% Mutations that map to the PKD1 gene on the short arm of chromosome
16,
 Which encodes polycystin, a transmembrane glycoprotein
 10-15% of mutations map to the PKD2 gene on the long arm of chromosome
4,
 which encodes polycystin 2, a proposed nonselective cation channel
 Mutations can be found in 85% of patients
 8-10% will have de novo mutations
 Mutations of PKD1 are associated with more severe renal disease than
mutations of PKD2
 CLINICAL PRESENTATION
 Symptomatic ADPKD commonly occurs in the 4th or 5th decade.
 Gross or microscopic Hematuria, bilateral flank pain, abdominal masses,
hypertension,
 and urinary tract infection, may be seen in neonates, children,and
 Most are diagnosed by abnormal renal sonography in the absence of
symptoms.
 Multiple bilateral macrocysts +/- enlarged kidneys
 Cysts may be asymptomatic but present within the liver, pancreas, spleen, and
ovaries
 Intracranial aneurysms, which appear to segregate within certain families,
have an overall prevalence of 15%
 MVP is seen in approximately 12% of children;
 Hernias, bronchiectasis, and intestinal diverticula can also occur in these
children.
 DIAGNOSIS
 Enlarged kidneys with B/L macrocysts in a patient with an affected 1st-degree
relative.
 Parental renal sonography an important diagnostic test to be performed in
families with no apparent family history.
 Prenatal diagnosis is suggested from the presence of enlarged kidneys with or
without cysts on ultrasonography
 In families with known ADPKD.
 Prenatal DNA testing is available
 TREATMENT AND PROGNOSIS
 Primarily supportive.
 BP Control is critical
 Rate of disease progression in ADPKD correlates with the presence of HTN
 ACEI or ARB are Rx of choice.
 Obesity, caffeine ingestion, smoking, multiple pregnancies,male gender,
 and possibly the use of calcium channel blockers appear to accelerate
progression
 Neonatal ADPKD may be fatal
 ADPKD that occurs initially in older children has a favourable prognosis,
 Normal renal function during childhood seen in >80%of children.
LOWER URINARY TRACT
CAUSES OF HEMATURIA
 Urethritis
 Exercise
 Haemorrhagic Cystitis
 Presence of sustained Hematuria and LUTS in the absence of other
bleeding conditions or a bacterial urinary tract infection.
 Can occur in response to chemical toxins
 (cyclophosphamide, penicillins, dyes, insecticides),
 viruses (adenovirus types 11 and 21 and influenza A), radiation, and
amyloidosis
 Treatment consists of a combination of intensive hydration, forced diuresis,
analgesia, and spasmolytic drugs
 Haematuria associated with viral haemorrhagic cystitis usually resolves within 1
wk.
Haematuria
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Haematuria

  • 2. INTRODUCTION  Haematuria is defined as presence of more than 5 RBCs per microliter of urine.  Normal children can excrete more than 500,000 RBCs per 24hrs.  Increased amount in fever and exercise.  Can be detected by microscopy or dipstick method.  Uses a peroxidase reaction to create a colour change  It can detect 3-5 RBCs/uL of unspun urine.  Clinically significant haematuria is when >50 RBCs/uL.
  • 3.  False (+)se-  Haemoglobinuria.  Myoglobinuria.  Presence of microbial peroxidases as in UTIs.  Alkaline urine(pH >8).  Hydrogen peroxide used to clean perineum.  False (-)se-  Presence of Formalin(used as a preservative).  Ascorbic acid in high doses(>2000mg/day)
  • 4. CONDITIONS THAT MIMIK HAEMATURIA  Haem (+)-Haemoglobin, Myoglobin  Haem (-)-Drugs(Chloroquine, Desferioxamin, Metronidazole, Rifampicin)  Dyes(Beet, Colouring)  Metabolites(Homogentisic acid, Melanin, Methemoglobin, Porphyrin. Urates)
  • 9. IGA NEPHROPATHY(BERGER’S DISEASE)  Most common chronic glomerular disease in children.  Predominant IgA in mesangial glomerular deposits.  Associated with mesangial proliferation and increased mesangial matrix  Immune complex disease initiated by excessive amounts of poorly galactosylated IgA1 in the serum  Production of IgG and IgA autoantibodies.  Also been observed in patients with Henoch-Schönlein purpura.  Hypothesis that these 2 diseases are part of the same disease spectrum.
  • 10.  Familial clustering of IgA nephropathy cases suggests the importance of genetic factors.  CLINICAL AND LABORATORY MANIFESTATIONS  More often in male than in female patients.  Clinical presentation in childhood is often benign in comparison to that of adults.  Uncommon cause of end-stage renal failure during childhood.  Presentations include acute nephritic syndrome, nephrotic syndrome, or a combined nephritic-nephrotic picture.  Gross haematuria often occurs within 1-2 days of onset of an upper respiratory or gastrointestinal infection.  May be associated with loin pain.  Proteinuria is often <1000 mg/24 hr in patients with asymptomatic microscopic haematuria.
  • 11.  Mild to moderate hypertension is most often seen in patients with nephritic or nephrotic syndrome.  Normal serum levels of C3 in IgA nephropathy.  Serum IgA levels have no diagnostic value because they are elevated in only 15% of paediatric patients.  PROGNOSIS AND TREATMENT  Does not lead to significant kidney damage in most children.  Progressive disease develops in 20-30% of patients 15-20 yrs. after disease onset.  Poor prognostic indicators at presentation or follow-up include,  Hypertension, diminished renal function, and significant, increasing or prolonged proteinuria
  • 12.  More severe prognosis is correlated with histologic evidence of diffuse mesangial proliferation, extensive glomerular crescents, glomerulosclerosis, and diffuse tubulointerstitial changes, including inflammation and fibrosis.  TREATMENT  Appropriate BP control and management of significant proteinuria.  ACE inhibitors and ARBs are effective in reducing proteinuria and retarding the rate of disease progression.  Fish oil, which contains anti-inflammatory omega-3 PUFAs, may decrease the rate of disease progression in adults.  Corticosteroids reduce proteinuria and improve renal function in those patients with a glomerular filtration rate >60 mL/min/m2.  Additional immunosuppression with cyclophosphamide or azathioprine has not appeared to be effective.
  • 13.  Performing a tonsillectomy in the absence of significant tonsillitis in association with IgA nephropathy is currently not recommended.  Patients with IgA nephropathy may undergo successful kidney transplantation.  Recurrent disease is frequent, allograft loss caused by IgA nephropathy occurs in only 15-30% of patients.
  • 14. ALPORT SYNDROME  Caused by mutations in the genes coding for type IV collagen.  Major component of basement membranes.  GENETICS  85% of patients have X-linked inheritance.  Mutation in the COL4A5 gene encoding the α5 chain of type IV collagen.  Autosomal recessive forms of AS are caused by mutations in the COL4A3 and COL4A4 genes on chromosome 2 encoding the α3 and α4 chains of type IV collagen.
  • 15.  Autosomal dominant form of AS linked to the COL4A3-COL4A4 gene locus occurs in 5% of cases.  PATHOLOGY  In most patients, electron microscopy reveals diffuse thickening, thinning, splitting, and layering of the glomerular and tubular basement membranes.  CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS  All patients with AS have asymptomatic microscopic haematuria.  Gross haematuria commonly occurring 1-2 days after an upper respiratory infection are seen in approximately 50% of patients.  Proteinuria is often seen in boys.  May be absent, mild, or intermittentin girls.
  • 16.  Progressive proteinuria, often exceeding 1 g/24 hr, is common by the 2nd decade of life and can be severe enough to cause nephrotic syndrome.  Bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, which is never congenital, develops in 90% of hemizygous males with X-linked AS, 10% of heterozygous females with X-linked AS.  Ocular abnormalities in  30-40% with X-linked AS, include anterior lenticonus, macular flecks, and corneal erosions.  Leiomyomatosis of the oesophagus, tracheobronchial tree, and female genitals in association with platelet abnormalities has been reported, but is rare.
  • 17.  DIAGNOSIS  Family history, a screening urinalysis of 1stdegree relatives, an audiogram, an ophthalmologic examination are critical in making the diagnosis.  Anterior lenticonus is pathognomonic.  Highly likely in the patient who has haematuria and at least 2 of the  Macular flecks, recurrent corneal erosions, GBM thickening and thinning, or sensorineural deafness.  Absence of epidermal basement membrane staining for the α5 chain of type IV collagen in male hemizygotes,  Discontinuous epidermal basement membrane staining in female heterozygotes on skin biopsy is pathognomonic for X-linked AS.  Genetic testing is clinically available for X-linked AS and COL4A5 mutations.
  • 18.  Prenatal diagnosis is available for families with members who have X-linked AS and who carry an identified mutation.  PROGNOSIS AND TREATMENT  Risk of progressive renal dysfunction leading to ESRD is highest among hemizygotes and autosomal recessive homozygotes.  Occurs before age 30 yr in approximately 75% of hemizygotes with X-linked AS.  Risk of ESRD in X-linked heterozygotes is 12% by age 40 yr and 30% by age 60 yr.  Risk factors for progression are,  Gross haematuria during childhood, nephrotic syndrome, and prominent GBM thickening.  No specific therapy is available to treat.
  • 19.  Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, can slow the rate of progression.  Mx of renal failure complications such as hypertension, anaemia, and electrolyte imbalance is critical.  ESRD is treated with dialysis and kidney transplantation.  5% of kidney transplantation recipients develop anti-GBM nephritis,  It occurs primarily in males with X-linked AS who develop ESRD before age 30 yr.  Pharmacologic treatment of proteinuria with ACE inhibition or ARB has shown promise in AS.  Screening of heterozygote carriers for significant renal disease in later adulthood.
  • 20. THIN BASEMENT MEMBRANE DISEASE  Defined by the presence of persistent microscopic haematuria and isolated thinning of the GBM on electron microscopy.  Microscopic haematuria is often initially observed during childhood and may be intermittent.  Episodic gross haematuria can also be present, particularly after a respiratory illness.  Isolated haematuria in multiple family members without renal dysfunction is referred to as benign familial haematuria.  It is often presumed that the underlying pathology is TBMD.  May be sporadic or transmitted as an AD trait.
  • 21.  Heterozygous mutations in the COL4A3 and COL4A4 genes, which encode the α3 and α4 chains of type IV collagen present in the GBM.  Rare cases of TBMD progress, and develop significant proteinuria, hypertension, or renal insufficiency.  Homozygous mutations in these same genes result in AR AS.  Absence of a positive family history for renal insufficiency or deafness would not necessarily predict a benign outcome.  Monitoring patients with benign familial haematuria for progressive proteinuria, hypertension, or renal insufficiency is important through childhood and young adulthood.
  • 25. GOODPASTURE DISEASE  Characterized by pulmonary haemorrhage and glomerulonephritis.  antibodies directed against certain epitopes of type IV collagen, located  within the alveolar basement membrane in the lung and glomerular  basement membrane (GBM) in the kidney.  PATHOLOGY  Crescentic glomerulonephritis in most patients.  Immunofluorescence microscopy demonstrates continuous linear deposition of immunoglobulin G along the GBM
  • 26.  CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS  Rare in childhood.  Usually present with haemoptysis from pulmonary haemorrhage that can life-threatening.  Renal manifestations include acute glomerulonephritis with haematuria, proteinuria, and hypertension, which usually follows a rapidly progressive course.  Renal failure commonly develops within days to weeks of presentation.  Uncommonly, patients can have isolated, rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis without pulmonary haemorrhage.  In all cases, serum anti-GBM antibody is present and complement C3 level is normal.  In patients who have Ant neutrophilic cytoplasmic antibody levels elevated along with the anti-GBM antibody have severe prognosis.
  • 27.  DIAGNOSIS AND DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS  Dx is made by a combination of the clinical presentation of pulmonary haemorrhage with AGN,  The presence of antibodies against GBM), and characteristic renal biopsy findings.  DDx are systemic lupus erythematosus,  Henoch-Schönlein purpura,  Granulomatosis with polyangiitis,  Nephrotic syndrome–associated pulmonary embolism, and microscopic polyangiitis.
  • 28.  PROGNOSIS AND TREATMENT  Untreated, the prognosis of Goodpasture disease is poor.  High-dose IV methylprednisolone, cyclophosphamide,and plasmapheresis appears to improve survival.  Patients who survive the pulmonary hemorrhage often progress to end- stagerenal failure despite ongoing immunosuppressive therapy.
  • 29. HENOCH-SCHÖNLEIN PURPURA NEPHRITIS  The most common small vessel vasculitis in childhood.  Characterized by a purpuric rash and accompanied by arthritis and abdominal pain.  50% of patients with HSP develop renal manifestations,  It varies from asymptomatic microscopic haematuria to severe, progressive glomerulonephritis.
  • 30.  PATHOGENESIS AND PATHOLOGY  Mediated by the deposition of polymeric immunoglobulin A (IgA) in glomeruli.  Analogous to the same type of IgA deposits seen in systemic small vessels,  Findings can be indistinguishable from those of IgA nephropathy.  CLINICAL AND LABORATORY MANIFESTATIONS  Nephritis associated with HSP usually follows onset of the rash.  Weeks or even months after the initial presentation of the disease.  Only rarely before onset of the rash.  Most patients have only mild renal manifestations, isolated microscopic haematuria without significant proteinuria.
  • 31. INTRODUCTION  A common cause of community acquired acute kidney injury in children.  Several sub-types  Infection induced  Genetic  Medication-induced  Systemic disease associated  Classical triad of MAHA, Thrombocytopenia and Renal insufficiency HAEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME
  • 32. Etiology  Commonest cause- Diarrhoea associated HUS with STEC E.coli in western countries and Shigella dysenteriae type 1 in Asia and south Africa.  Several serotypes of E.coli O157:H7 and O104:H4  Reservoir is GI tract of animals.  Transmitted by eating undercooked meat and drinking unpasteurised milk  Rarely can be associated with Empyema.  It is due to neuraminidase providing Streptococcus pneumonia.  Similar type of disease occurs in HIV
  • 33.  Genetic forms of HUS can be associated with  Deficiencies of Von willibrand factor cleaving protease (ADAMTS13) or complement factors H,I and B and Vitamin B12 metabolism.  Absent prodromal diarrhoea.  Relapsing non-remitting course.  HUS can occur with illnesses that cause microvascular injury  Eg:-Malignant Hypertension, SLE, Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome  Iatrogenic causes:- Bone marrow transplant, calcineurin inhibitors etc.
  • 34. Pathogenesis  Microvascular injury with endothelial damage.  Toxins cause direct endothelial damage  Shiga toxin promote platelet aggregation.  Neuraminidase cleaves sialic acid on endothelial cells, RBC and platelets to expose Thomson-Freidenreich (T) antigen  Microvascular injury is triggered by endogenous IgM  Familial cases inherited deficiencies of inhibitors of complement pathway causing a cascade of cellular injury.
  • 35.  Micro thrombi in kidney causing decrease GFR  Platelet aggregation causes consumptive thrombocytopenia  Micoangiopathic haemolytic anaemia is caused by mechanical damage to RBC when they pass through damaged and thrombosed microvasculature
  • 36. Clinical Manifestations  Most common in preschool and school age children.  In infection associated HUS, starts after an episode of diarrhoea.  Often bloody, but doesn't necessary to be  Oliguria can be masked by ongoing diarrhoea.  Can present with volume overload or dehydration.
  • 37.  Pneumonia associated HUS may begin with predominant lung signs.  Genetic variants are insidious.  Can become a severe multisystemic disease  No significant factors to predict the outcome at the onset of the disease.  Renal dysfunction and haemolysis can lead to sever hyperkalaemia  Severe anaemia, volume overload and hypertension can cause heart failure
  • 38.  Heart involvement with pericarditis myocarditis and arrhythmias can occur independent of electrolyte imbalances and volume overload.  CNS involvement with irritability lethargy and seizures can occur in <20%.  Encephalopathy and seizures can occur.  Focal ischemia and small infarction in basal ganglia are reported.  Large infarctions and intracranial haemorrhages are rare.  GI complications can occur such as inflammatory colitis, bowel perforations, intussusception and pancreatitis.  Petechiae can develop but overt haemorrhage is rare.
  • 39. Diagnosis  Classic triad of MAHA Thrombocytopenia and renal insufficiency  Anaemia can progress very rapidly.  Thrombocytopenia may be variable with range of 20,000-100,000  PT and APTT will be normal.  Coombs test is negative except in Neuraminidase induced HUS.  Urine analysis will show haematuria and low grade proteinuria.
  • 40.  Renal functions will be elevated.  Most often stool cultures and full reports do not become positive.  Kidney Bx is rarely indicated.  If no history of prodromal diarrhoea or chest infection is noted, evaluation should be done for genetic forms.  Other forms of microangiopathy should also be excluded.
  • 41. Prognosis  Death risk is <5%.  Most recover completely.  5% remain depended on dialysis.  30% is left with some chronic renal insufficiency.  HUS not associated with diarrhoea is more severe.  Pneumococcal associated HUS has a high morbidity and a mortality approaching 20%
  • 42.  Familial or genetic forms have a relapsing course with poor prognosis.
  • 43. Management  Management is supportive.  Includes fluid and electrolyte management control of hypertension and management of complications.  Early volume expansion may be nephron-protective in diarrhoea associated HUS.  Red cell transfusion is recommended until the acute phase of the illness is over.
  • 44.  In pneumococcal associated HUS red cells should be washed prior to transfusion.  If not endogenous IgM may react with exposed T Ag
  • 45.  Platelets need not be administered as they are consumed quickly and can cause thrombi formation.  Antibiotic therapy can worsen the disease course in diarrhoea associated HUS.  But prompt treatment should be given for pneumococcal associated HUS.  Plasma paresis has been proposed for patients with severe involvement specially CNS involvement  It is contraindicated in Pneumococcal associated HUS.
  • 46.  Eculizumab (ant C5 Ab) is used to treat atypical HUS  It inhibits complement pathway.  No significance in diarrhoea associated HUS.  Increase in risk for meningitis- Meningococcal vaccination is done for all who are treated.  Plasma exchange is recommended for patients with ADAMTS13 or factor H deficiencies.
  • 47.  OTHER UPPER TRACT CAUSES OF HAEMATURIA  Interstitial Nephritis  Toxic Nephropathy  Cortical Necrosis  Pyelonephritis  Nephrocalcinosis  Vascular Abnormalities-  Haemangiomas, haemangiolymphangiomas, angiomyomas, and arteriovenous malformations of the kidneys and lower urinary tract are rare causes of haematuria.
  • 48.  Nutcracker syndrome  Unilateral bleeding of varicose veins of the left ureter,  Resulting from compression of the left renal vein between the aorta and superior mesenteric artery (mesoaortic compression).  Typically present with persistent microscopic haematuria ,recurrent gross haematuria.  It may be accompanied by proteinuria, left lower abdominal pain, left flank pain, or orthostatic hypotension.  Diagnosis requires a high degree of suspicion and is confirmed by Doppler ultrasonography, CT, phlebography of the left renal vein, or magnetic resonance angiography.
  • 49. RENAL VEIN THROMBOSIS  Occurs in 2 distinct clinical settings.  In newborns and infants,  RVT is commonly associated with asphyxia, dehydration, shock, sepsis, congenital hypercoagulable states, maternal diabetes  In older children,  Patients with nephrotic syndrome, cyanotic heart disease, inherited hypercoagulable states, sepsis, following kidney transplantation, and following exposure to angiographic contrast agents.
  • 50.  PATHOGENESIS  Begins in the intrarenal venous circulation and can then extend to the main renal vein and IVC.  Mediated by endothelial cell injury resulting from hypoxia, endotoxin, or contrast media  hypercoagulability from nephrotic syndrome, factor V Leiden deficiency, hypovolemia, septic shock, dehydration, intravascular sludging caused by polycythaemia.  CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS  Sudden onset of gross haematuria and unilateral or bilateral flank masses.  Can also present with microscopic haematuria, flank pain, hypertension, or a MAHA with thrombocytopenia or oliguria.
  • 51.  DIAGNOSIS  Suggested by the development of haematuria and flank masses in patients seen in the high-risk clinical settings.  USS shows marked renal enlargement, and radionuclide studies reveal little no renal function in the affected kidney.  Doppler studies of the IVC and renal vein confirm the diagnosis.  TREATMENT  Aggressive supportive intensive care, including correction of fluid and electrolyte imbalance and Rx of renal insufficiency.  Rx of BL RVT should include tissue plasminogen activator and unfractionated heparin followed by continued anticoagulation with unfractionated or low- molecular-weight heparin
  • 52.  Children with severe HTN secondary to RVT refractory to antihypertensives may require nephrectomy.  PROGNOSIS  Partial or complete renal atrophy is a common sequela of RVT in the neonate.  Increased risk of renal insufficiency, renal tubular dysfunction, and systemic HTN.  Recovery of renal function is not uncommon in older children with correction of the underlying etiology.
  • 53. IDIOPATHIC HYPERCALCIURIA  May be inherited as an autosomal dominant disorder,  May present as,  Recurrent gross hematuria, persistent microscopic hematuria, dysuria, or abdominal pain in the absence of stone formation.  DIAGNOSIS  24 hr urinary calcium excretion >4 mg/kg.  A screening test for may be performed on a random urine specimen by measuring the calcium and creatinine concentrations.
  • 54.  Spot urine calcium : creatinine ratio (mg/dL : mg/dL) >0.2 suggests hypercalciuria in an older child.  Normal ratios may be as high as 0.8 in infants <7 mo of age.  TREATMENT  Left untreated, hypercalciuria leads to nephrolithiasis in 15%.  Increased risk for development of low bone mineral density as well as an increased incidence of UTI.  Risk factor in 40% of children with kidney stones.  Low urinary citrate level has been associated as a risk factor in approximately 38%.  thiazide diuretics can normalize urinary calcium excretion by stimulating calcium reabsorption in the proximal and distal tubules.
  • 55.  Leads to resolution of gross haematuria or dysuria and can prevent nephrolithiasis.  In persistent gross haematuria or dysuria,  HTC at a dose of 1-2 mg/kg/24 hr as a single morning dose.  Dose is titrated upward until the 24 hr urinary calcium excretion is <4 mg/kg  After 1 yr of treatment, hydrochlorothiazide is usually discontinued,  Resumed if gross haematuria, nephrolithiasis, or dysuria recurs.  Serum potassium level should be monitored periodically to avoid hypokalaemia.  Potassium citrate at a dose of 1 mEq/kg/24 hr may also be beneficial,  In patients with low urinary citrate excretion and symptomatic dysuria.  Na restriction is important because urinary Ca excretion parallels Na excretion excretion
  • 56.  Leads to resolution of gross haematuria or dysuria and can prevent nephrolithiasis.  In persistent gross haematuria or dysuria,  HTC at a dose of 1-2 mg/kg/24 hr as a single morning dose.  Dose is titrated upward until the 24 hr urinary calcium excretion is <4 mg/kg  After 1 yr of treatment, hydrochlorothiazide is usually discontinued,  Resumed if gross haematuria, nephrolithiasis, or dysuria recurs.  Serum potassium level should be monitored periodically to avoid hypokalaemia.  Potassium citrate at a dose of 1 mEq/kg/24 hr may also be beneficial,  In patients with low urinary citrate excretion and symptomatic dysuria.  Na restriction is important because urinary Ca excretion parallels Na excretion excretion
  • 57.  dietary Ca restriction is not recommended (except in children with massive Ca intake >250% of RDA by dietary history)  Ca is a critical requirement for growth,  No evidence supports a relationship between decreased Ca intake and decreased urinary Ca levels.  Bisphosphonate therapy, which leads to a reduction in urinary calcium excretion and improvement in bone mineral density.  (Further studies are needed to prove efficacy)
  • 58. HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES CAUSING HAEMATURIA  SICKLE CELL NEPHROPATHY  Gross or microscopic haematuria may be seen in children with sickle cell disease or sickle trait  Hematuria tends to resolve spontaneously in the majority  Related to microthrombosis secondary to sickling  Clinical manifestations of SSN include polyuria caused by a urinary concentrating defect, renal tubular acidosis, and proteinuria  Tubular manifestations have no specific treatment  Can lead to hypertension, renal insufficiency, and kidney failure
  • 59. AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE  Referred to as infantile polycystic disease  Gene for ARPKD (PKHD1 [polycystic kidney and hepatic disease]) encodes fibrocystin  PATHOLOGY  Both kidneys are markedly enlarged and show innumerable cysts throughout the cortex and medulla  Progressive interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy during advanced stages of disease  dual-organ disease and should be considered as ARPKD/congenital hepatic fibrosis
  • 60.  CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS  BL flank masses during the neonatal period or in early infancy.  May associate with oligohydramnios, pulmonary hypoplasia, respiratory distress, and spontaneous pneumothorax in the neonatal period.  Potter syndrome including low-set ears, micrognathia, flattened nose, limb positioning defects, and intrauterine growth restriction, may be present at death from pulmonary hypoplasia.  HTN noted within the first few weeks of life  Severe requires aggressive multidrug therapy  ARF uncommon  50% of patients with a neonatal-perinatal presentation develop ESRD by age 10 yr.
  • 61.  increasingly recognized in infants with a mixed renal-hepatic clinical picture  Hepatic disease -portal hypertension, hepatosplenomegaly, gastroesophageal varices, ascending cholangitis, prominent cutaneous periumbilical veins, reversal of portal vein flow, and thrombocytopenia  Renal findings in range from asymptomatic abnormal renal ultrasonography to systemic HTN and renal insufficiency.  Radiologic or clinical laboratory assessment is present in approximately 45%  Universal by microscopic evaluation.
  • 62.  DIAGNOSIS  Markedly enlarged and uniformly hyperechogenic kidneys with poor corticomedullary differentiation on ultrasonography  Supported by clinical and laboratory signs of hepatic fibrosis,  Findings of ductal plate abnormalities seen on liver biopsy,  Anatomic and pathologic proof of ARPKD in a sibling, or parental consanguinity  Confirmed by genetic testing  TREATMENT  Supportive .  Aggressive ventilator support is often necessary in the neonatal period
  • 63.  management of hypertension-ACE inhibitors  Fluid and electrolyte abnormalities,  Osteopenia ,  Manifestations of renal insufficiency  Pt with severe respiratory failure or feeding intolerance from enlarged kidneys can require unilateral or bilateral nephrectomies  Dual renal and hepatic transplantation  Avoids the later development of end-stage liver disease despite successful renal transplantation
  • 64.  PROGNOSIS  30% die in the neonatal period from complications of pulmonary hypoplasia.  Increased 10 yr survival of children surviving beyond the1st yr of life to >80%.  Fifteen-year survival is currently estimated at 70-80%
  • 65. AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE  The commonest hereditary human kidney disease,  Systemic disorder  Possible cyst formation in multiple organs (liver, pancreas, spleen, brain)  Development of saccular cerebral aneurysms  PATHOLOGY  Both kidneys are enlarged and show cortical and medullary cysts originating from all regions of the nephron.
  • 66.  85% Mutations that map to the PKD1 gene on the short arm of chromosome 16,  Which encodes polycystin, a transmembrane glycoprotein  10-15% of mutations map to the PKD2 gene on the long arm of chromosome 4,  which encodes polycystin 2, a proposed nonselective cation channel  Mutations can be found in 85% of patients  8-10% will have de novo mutations  Mutations of PKD1 are associated with more severe renal disease than mutations of PKD2
  • 67.  CLINICAL PRESENTATION  Symptomatic ADPKD commonly occurs in the 4th or 5th decade.  Gross or microscopic Hematuria, bilateral flank pain, abdominal masses, hypertension,  and urinary tract infection, may be seen in neonates, children,and  Most are diagnosed by abnormal renal sonography in the absence of symptoms.  Multiple bilateral macrocysts +/- enlarged kidneys  Cysts may be asymptomatic but present within the liver, pancreas, spleen, and ovaries  Intracranial aneurysms, which appear to segregate within certain families, have an overall prevalence of 15%
  • 68.  MVP is seen in approximately 12% of children;  Hernias, bronchiectasis, and intestinal diverticula can also occur in these children.  DIAGNOSIS  Enlarged kidneys with B/L macrocysts in a patient with an affected 1st-degree relative.  Parental renal sonography an important diagnostic test to be performed in families with no apparent family history.  Prenatal diagnosis is suggested from the presence of enlarged kidneys with or without cysts on ultrasonography  In families with known ADPKD.  Prenatal DNA testing is available
  • 69.  TREATMENT AND PROGNOSIS  Primarily supportive.  BP Control is critical  Rate of disease progression in ADPKD correlates with the presence of HTN  ACEI or ARB are Rx of choice.  Obesity, caffeine ingestion, smoking, multiple pregnancies,male gender,  and possibly the use of calcium channel blockers appear to accelerate progression  Neonatal ADPKD may be fatal  ADPKD that occurs initially in older children has a favourable prognosis,  Normal renal function during childhood seen in >80%of children.
  • 70. LOWER URINARY TRACT CAUSES OF HEMATURIA  Urethritis  Exercise  Haemorrhagic Cystitis  Presence of sustained Hematuria and LUTS in the absence of other bleeding conditions or a bacterial urinary tract infection.  Can occur in response to chemical toxins  (cyclophosphamide, penicillins, dyes, insecticides),  viruses (adenovirus types 11 and 21 and influenza A), radiation, and amyloidosis
  • 71.  Treatment consists of a combination of intensive hydration, forced diuresis, analgesia, and spasmolytic drugs  Haematuria associated with viral haemorrhagic cystitis usually resolves within 1 wk.