NECROTIZING RENAL PAPILLITIS
Authors: J S SILBERSTEIN, J T PAUGH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1953)

Article1 April 1953NECROTIZING RENAL PAPILLITISJACK S. SILBERSTEIN, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOHN T. PAUGH, M.D.JACK S. SILBERSTEIN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, JOHN T. PAUGH, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-38-4-689 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONThis paper includes a review of the literature regarding necrotizing renal papillitis and a report of three interesting cases. Our principal purpose in presenting this subject is to emphasize its possible existence as a specific entity, and also to stimulate an interest in and create an awareness of its presence. It has been our experience that many physicians are either not cognizant of the disease or at least do not differentiate it from acute pyelonephritis. The diagnosis is frequently overlooked because of one of two factors: a lack of general knowledge of and familiarity with the condition, or a...Bibliography1. von Friedreich N: Ueber Necrose der Nierenpapillen bei Hydronephrose, Virchows Arch. f. path. Anat. 69: 308, 1877. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Turner FC: A kidney from a case of phthisis, showing mortification of the apices of the pyramids, Tr. Path. Soc. London 36: 268, 1884-1885; Necrosis with softening in pyramids of the kidney: recent endo-pericarditis (card. specimens), ibid. 37: 290, 1886; Necrosis of the pyramids of one kidney, ibid. 39: 159, 1888. Google Scholar3. Stoudensky A: Ueber die Nierenpapillennekrose bei Hydronephrose, Ztschr. f. Heilk. 20: 459, 1899. Google Scholar4. Schömer W: Capillarmetastatisch Marknekrosen der Nieren, Frankfurt. Ztschr. f. Path. 41: 265, 1931. Google Scholar5. Grauhan M: Ueber die Entstehung von Pyonephrosen und entzundlichen Nierennekrosen, Ztschr. f. Urol. 28: 462, 1934. Google Scholar6. Gunther GW: Die Papillennekrosen der Niere bei Diabetes, München, med. Wchnschr. 84: 1695, 1937. Google Scholar7. Sheehan HL: Medullary necrosis of the kidneys, Lancet 2: 187, 1937. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. Alken CE: Die Papillennekrose, Ztschr. f. Urol. 32: 433, 1938. Google Scholar9. MellgrenRedell JG: Clinical pathology of necrotizing renal papillitis, Acta chir. Scandinav. 84: 439, 1941. Google Scholar10. HarrisonBailey JHOT: Significance of necrotizing pyelonephritis in diabetes mellitus, J. A. M. A. 118: 15 (Jan. 3) 1942. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. DavsonLangley JFA: Papillitis renis necroticans, J. Path. and Bact. 56: 327, 1944. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. Eskelund V: Necrosis of renal papillae following retrograde pyelography, Acta radiol. 26: 548, 1945; abstracted, J. A. M. A. 130: 1192 (April 20) 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13. RobbinsMalloryKinney SLKGTD: Necrotizing renal papillitis, New England J. Med. 235: 885-893 (Dec. 19) 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar14. EdmondsonMartinEvans HAHEN: Necrosis of renal papillae and acute pyelonephritis in diabetes mellitus, Arch. Int. Med. 79: 148-175, 1947. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. BaldwinRoot ADHF: Infections of the upper urinary tract in the diabetic patient, New England J. Med. 223: 244-250 (Aug. 15) 1940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. RobbinsTucker SLAW: The cause of death in diabetes, New England J. Med. 231: 865-868, 1944. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. SharkeyRoot TPHF: Arteriosclerosis and hypertension in diabetes, J. A. M. A. 106: 1039, 1936. Google Scholar18. MalloryCraneEdwards GKARJE: Pathology of acute and healed experimental pyelonephritis, Arch. Path. 30: 330-347, 1940. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Columbus, Ohio*Received for publication May 17, 1952.From the Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byPyelonephritis und chronische interstitielle NephritisUropoietic SystemPathologische Anatomie und Pathogenese der Pyelonephritis (Destruktive, bakterielle interstitielle Nephritis)RENAL PAPILLARY NECROSIS AND THE ABUSE OF PHENACETINRenal Papillary NecrosisRenal medullary necrosisRENAL PAPILLARY NECROSIS1Necrosis of the Renal PapillaeANTIBIOTIC PREVENTION OF INTERCURRENT INFECTIONS IN DIABETES MELLITUS*LEON V. MCVAY JR., M.D., DOUGLAS H. SPRUNT, M.D., F.A.C.P., THOMAS N. STERN, M.D., FREDERICK E. TATUM, M.D., ALYS LIPSCOMB, M.D. 1 April 1953Volume 38, Issue 4Page: 689-705KeywordsPyelonephritis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1953 PDF downloadLoading ...