Renal ischemia

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Drug induced vasculitis-a)An ischemic area in left kidney b)increasing of left renal ischemia tissue and novel ischemia right kidney c) after one year reduction of ischemic areas in both kidneys

Renal ischemia also known as nephric ischaemia, is the deficiency of blood in one or both kidneys or nephrons, usually due to functional constriction or actual obstruction of a blood vessel.[1][2]

References

  1. Preston RA, Epstein M (1997). "Ischemic renal disease: an emerging cause of chronic renal failure and end-stage renal disease". J Hypertens. 15 (12 Pt 1): 1365–77. doi:10.1097/00004872-199715120-00001. PMID 9431840. S2CID 25715659.
  2. "Renal ischemia". TheFreeDictionary.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.