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disease > urinary system disease > kidney disease > renal papillary necrosis
disease > symptom > necrosis > renal papillary necrosis

Preferred term

renal papillary necrosis  

Definition

  • Renal papillary necrosis is a form of nephropathy involving the necrosis of the renal papilla. Lesions that characterize renal papillary necrosis come from an impairment of the blood supply and from subsequent ischemic necrosis that is diffuse. (Wikipedia)

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • papillary necrosis
  • renal medullary necrosis

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