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Renal examination shows the kidney to be swollen and plethoric, with easily removable capsule. Renal pelvis and calyces are dilated and filled with turbid urine; their mucosa is dull and has hemorrhagic foci. On section the renal tissue is variegated, there are yellow-gray areas surrounded with plethoric and hemorrhagic zone. What disease can be characterized by such results of macroscopic examination?

Answer options

  1. Acute glomerulonephritis
  2. Acute pyelonephritis
  3. Nephrolithiasis
  4. Polycystic kidney
  5. Renal amyloidosis
Correct answer

Acute pyelonephritis

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