Analgesic nephropathy differential diagnosis
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Shakiba Hassanzadeh, MD[2]
Overview
Analgesic nephropathy should be differentiated with other disorders that cause renal papillary necrosis, such as: diabetic nephropathy, renal crisis in sickle cell disease, pyelonephritis, obstructive uropathy, renal tuberculosis, alcohol-induced nephropathy, systemic vasculitis and renal vein thrombosis.
Differential Diagnosis of Analgesic Nephropathy
Analgesic nephropathy should be differentiated with other disorders that cause renal papillary necrosis, such as:[1][2][3]
- Diabetic nephropathy
- Renal crisis in sickle cell disease
- Pyelonephritis
- Obstructive uropathy
- Renal tuberculosis
- Alcohol-induced nephropathy
- Systemic vasculitis
- Renal vein thrombosis
References
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- ↑ Chalhoub NE, Riley K, Siddiqui N, Assaly R, Shahrour K, Booth R; et al. (2015). “Renal Papillary Necrosis Due to Invasive Candida Infection in a Morbidly Obese Patient”. J Urol. 194 (4): 1107–8. doi:10.1016/j.juro.2015.07.036. PMID 26184064.
- ↑ Kawaguchi Y, Mori H, Izumi Y, Ito M (2018). “Renal Papillary Necrosis with Diabetes and Urinary Tract Infection”. Intern Med. 57 (22): 3343. doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.0858-18. PMC 6288002. PMID 29984778.
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