Salt losing nephropathy: September 2012: (A) Interstitial nephritis, (B) Amyloidosis, (C) Lupus nephritis, (D) Post-streptococcal GN
Answer is A. Ans. A i.e. Interstitial nephritis Salt-wasting nephropathy It is a rare syndrome in which renal insufficiency is associated with extracellular volume depletion from marked natriuresis in the absence of adrenal insufficiency or diuretics. A salt-losing nephropathy has been described in Interstitial nephritis, - Chronic pyelonephritis, Polycystic disease, and, paicularly, in Medullary cystic disease.