Diseases

Kidney Papillary Necrosis

A complication of kidney diseases characterized by cell death involving KIDNEY PAPILLA in the KIDNEY MEDULLA. Damages to this area may hinder the kidney to concentrate urine resulting in POLYURIA. Sloughed off necrotic tissue may block KIDNEY PELVIS or URETER. Necrosis of multiple renal papillae can lead to KIDNEY FAILURE.

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A complication of kidney diseases characterized by cell death involving KIDNEY PAPILLA in the KIDNEY MEDULLA. Damages to this area may hinder the kidney to concentrate urine resulting in POLYURIA. Sloughed off necrotic tissue may block KIDNEY PELVIS or URETER. Necrosis of multiple renal papillae can lead to KIDNEY FAILURE.

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  • Renal Medullary Necrosis
  • Renal Papillitis, Necrotizing
  • Necrosis, Kidney Papillary
  • Necrosis, Renal Medullary
  • Necrotizing Renal Papillitides
  • Necrotizing Renal Papillitis
  • Papillary Necrosis, Kidney
  • Papillitides, Necrotizing Renal
  • Renal Papillitides, Necrotizing

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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67; was PYELONEPHRITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING 1963-66

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Kidney Papillary Necrosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007681. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007681
  2. Kidney Papillary Necrosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renal_papillary_necrosis
  3. Kidney Papillary Necrosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7312498