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Renal Cortical Necrosis

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Renal Cortical Necrosis

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  • Renal Atheroembolism
  • Renal cortical necrosis is characterized histologically by necrosis of glomeruli and tubules. Necrosis in this biopsy specimen is manifest by small nuclei and ghost-like outlines of cells (periodic acid-Schiff stain, ×400).

    Image provided by Agnes Fogo, MD and the American Journal of Kidney Disease's Atlas of Renal Pathology (see www.ajkd.org).

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