Interstitial nephritis classification
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:Mohsen Basiri M.D.
Overview
Overview
There is no established system for the classification of TIN; however according to clinical manifestations and the inflammatory process, TIN, in spite of the etiologic agent, can be divided into acute and chronic categories.
Classification
Classification
There is no established system for the classification of TIN. but most often it can be divided into acute or chronic categories; according to clinical manifestations and the inflammatory process, in spite of the etiologic agent.[1]
- Acute tubulointerstitial nephritis (TIN): Commonly attributes an abrupt clinical onset with inflammatory responses of the kidney and involvement the interstitium and tubules. In this condition the glomeruli are intact or may affect in the late stage of disease.
- Chronic tubulointerstitial nephritis (TIN): The chronic manifestation of TIN results from interstitial fibrosis along with tubular atrophy. A process begins gradually and involves the kidneys insidiously.[2]
References
References
- ↑ Baker, R. J.; Pusey, C. D. (2004). “The changing profile of acute tubulointerstitial nephritis”. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 19 (1): 8–11. doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg464. ISSN 0931-0509.
- ↑ Sabnis, Sharda G.; Koss, Michael N.; Ross, W.B.; Pavlova, Zdena (2009). “Non-Neoplastic Kidney”: 979–1042. doi:10.1016/B978-1-4160-3966-2.00029-1.
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