Extensive renal cortical necrosis in a postpartum patient after COVID-19 infection

Ata Abbasi; Khadijeh Makhdoomi; Shadi Babaei; Behzad Banaie; Leila Mahmoudzadeh; Sepideh Rahimi; Parham Porteghali

doi:10.34172/jnp.2023.18380

doi: 10.34172/jnp.2023.18380

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Case Report

Extensive renal cortical necrosis in a postpartum patient after COVID-19 infection

Ata Abbasi ^1,2^* , Khadijeh Makhdoomi ³ , Shadi Babaei ² , Behzad Banaie ² , Leila Mahmoudzadeh ² , Sepideh Rahimi ⁴ , Parham Porteghali ⁵

¹ Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Cellular and Molecular Medicine Institute, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
² Department of Pathology, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
³ Nephrology and Kidney Transplant Research Center, Clinical Research Institute, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
⁴ Department of Pathology, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran

Ata Abbasi aabbasi@alumnus.tums.ac.ir

Abstract

It has been more than two years since the COVID-19 pandemic affects the world. COVID-19 affects other organs in addition to the respiratory system. Renal cortical necrosis is a severe kidney injury due to decreased renal arterial perfusion induced by vascular spasm, microvascular injury and endovascular thrombosis. Acute kidney injury is a common finding in COVID-19; however, renal cortical necrosis is rare. To the best of our knowledge, only one case of renal cortical necrosis has been reported in the literature.

Keywords: COVID-19, Acute kidney injury, Renal cortical necrosis, Pregnancy

Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education:

COVID-19 infection is accompanied by several complications in addition to the respiratory disorders. Sufficient knowledge about all probable complications is needed for correct and on-time management of patients.

Please cite this paper as: Abbasi A, Makhdoomi K, Babaei S, Banaie B, Mahmoudzadeh L, Rahimi S, Porteghali P. Extensive renal cortical necrosis in a postpartum patient after COVID-19 infection. J Nephropathol. 2023;x(x):e18380. DOI: 10.34172/jnp.2023.18380.

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