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Can anyone briefly define (pathophysiologically) and give differentiating points of the following

1. Acute Tubular Necrosis

2. ACute interstitial nephritis

3.Acute pyelonephritis

4.Chronic tubulointerstitial Nephritis

5.Papillary necrosis






  #2

Ill start with #1:

acute tubular necrosis--renal failure due to tubular damage (accounts for 85% of intrinsic acute renal failure)..usualy due to ischemia or toxin exposure...

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