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

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renal cortical necrosis  

Definition

  • Renal cortical necrosis (RCN) is a rare cause of acute kidney failure. The condition is "usually caused by significantly diminished arterial perfusion of the kidneys due to spasms of the feeding arteries, microvascular injury, or disseminated intravascular coagulation" and is the pathological progression of acute tubular necrosis. (Wikipedia)

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  • kidney cortex necrosis

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