HY USMLE Q #910 – Renal

A 9-year-old boy is brought to the physician by his mother for a 2-day history of periorbital edema. Electron microscopy A shows normal glomerular basement membrane; B shows the patient’s.

Which of the following pathologies is most similar to this patient’s?

  Henoch-Schönlein purpura
  IgA nephropathy
  Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
  Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis
  Renal amyloidosis