Bilateral renal cortical necrosis

Prolonged Oliguria with Survival in Acute Bilateral Cortical Necrosis

“…Since then numerous clinical and pathological studies have suggested that it has an almost universally fatal outcome. However, in the past four decades there have been 14 individual reported survivors, two before the days of dialysis (Crook, 1927;Groen and Lindeboom, 1940;Gormsen et al, 1955 ;Alwall et al, 1957;Boucot et al, 1957;Lauler and Schreiner, 1958;Derot et al, 1960;Milne, 1961;Effers0e et al, 1962;Oram et al, 1963;Vernon-Parry and Williams, 1963;Chervony et al, 1965;Rieselbach et al, 1967;Riff et al, 1967). We here report three further survivors who, after prolonged periods of oliguria (less than 400 ml./24 hours), recovered sufficient renal function to maintain life.…”

Purtscher’s retinopathy and renal cortical necrosis: two rare vaso-occlusive complications in a patient with acute pancreatitis: a case report

“…However, in certain cases, there may be a slow rise in creatinine clearance, and a gradual gain in renal function has been observed over 1–2 years. The glomerular filtration rate may reach a final plateau level of approximately 20–24 ml/minute [40, 41]. Our patient’s renal impairment did not recover even 16 months after the onset of illness, which might be due to the extensive nature of the damage.…”