Acute Tubular Necrosis

Authors: Agnes B Fogo Arthur H Cohen Robert B Colvin J Charles Jennette Charles E Alpers

Publish Date: 2014

Volume: , Issue: , Pages: 167-172

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Abstract

Acute tubular necrosis ATN is a pathologic process that manifests clinically as acute renal failure Although the term implies cellular death necrosis it should be appreciated that frank necrosis is not a constant finding evidence of sublethal cellular injury is common Thus a more descriptive term “acute tubular injury” is in common use in many centers Furthermore there is often a lack of clinicalpathologic correlation with severe acute kidney injury sometimes associated with trivial morphologic findings 1 2

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