Two cases of Reye's syndrome, complicated by acute reversible renal failure, are presented. One case followed an influenza A virus infection.

Infraglomerular epithelial reflux has been described as an early microscopic lesion in the kidney of patients with acute renal failure. In our series of forty-four cases of acute tubular necrosis none showed this finding; however, in two cases lesions remotely similar to infraglomerular epithelial reflux and often known as 'glomerular masses' were present. No significance can be attached to the...

BACKGROUND Acute tubular necrosis (ATN) is common in hospitalized patients, particularly in the intensive care unit. Over the past four decades, the mortality rate from ATN has remained at 50% to 80%. PURPOSE To review recent studies of diagnosis and treatment strategies for ATN. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE search for all clinical studies of therapies for ATN, supplemented by a review of the refer...

introduction: acute renal failure is an uncommon complication of idiopathic nephritic syndrome in children. renal failure could be secondary to causes such as sever hypovolumia, acute tubular necrosis, interstitial nephritis, bilateral renal vein thrombosis, acute pyelonephritis and rapid progression of original glomerular disease. it may be idiopathic if the underlying cause is undetermined. a...

BACKGROUND Acute tubular necrosis (ATN) is characterized by an initiation phase, followed by an extension phase, and a maintenance and recovery phase, the latter of which involves increased regeneration of tubular cells. Nephronectin (NPNT), a ligand for alpha8beta1 integrin, is expressed in the ureteric bud epithelium during kidney morphogenesis. However, little is known about the potential in...

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is often observed after heart transplantation. In this setting, acute tubular necrosis is the main histological finding on kidneys. We report the unusual pathology found in a kidney from a heart-transplant patient. The patient experienced several hemodynamic insults, massive transfusion, and implantation of a mechanical circulatory-support device before heart transplan...