Kidney nontumor / medical renal
Vascular disease
Other vascular disorders
Diffuse cortical necrosis
Author: Nikhil Sangle, M.D.
Last author update: 3 December 2012
Last staff update: 15 September 2023
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PubMed Search: Diffuse cortical necrosis
Cite this page: Sangle N. Diffuse cortical necrosis. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/kidneydiffusecorticalnecrosis.html. Accessed September 30th, 2023.
Definition / general
- Necrosis sharply limited to cortex and columns of Bertin
- Rare cause of acute renal failure secondary to ischemic necrosis of the renal cortex (eMedicine: Renal Cortical Necrosis [Accessed 29 December 2017])
- May occur after obstetric emergency, due to disseminated intravascular coagulopathy; fatal if bilateral (J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad 2010;22:74)
Gross images
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Various images
Microscopic (histologic) images
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Extensive focal cortical necrosis
with tubular necrosis and fibrin
thrombi in the glomerulus
Necrotic areas having ghost
outlines of glomeruli and tubules
with loss of cellular details
Videos
Histopathology kidney: diffuse cortical necrosis
