The initial renal biopsy of the case presented here revealed immune-complex-mediated tubulointerstitial nephritis. As there was no evidence of systemic disease, drug use, herbal supplement intake ...

A 63-year-old woman was referred to Kochi University Hospital with a renal tumor discovered by medical examination, incidentally discovered on a computed tomography (CT) scan. There was no ...

The pathological findings in the kidney have been reported in only 2 cases, 16,17 and were described as showing severe interstitial nephritis; the glomeruli and blood vessels were described as normal.

Of the 110 patients who underwent kidney biopsies, 47 percent had tubulointerstitial nephritis, an inflammation of the kidneys, and 28 percent had tubular necrosis, a form of kidney cell death.