Flea bitten kidney is seen in all of the following except: September 2007: (A) Malignant hypeension, (B) Henoch-Schonlein purpura, (C) DM, (D) Polyaeritis nodosa
Answer is C. Ans. C: DM Diseases such as microscopic polyaeritis, accelerated hypeension and Henoch-Schonlein purpura (and other disorders in which there is destruction of small vessel walls) produce microinfarcts, which are usually multiple ('flea-bitten kidney').