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
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
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
References
- ↑ “StatPearls”. 2020. PMID 31082145.
- ↑ 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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