PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - A J Dixon
AU  - C G Winearls
AU  - M S Dunnill
TI  - Interstitial nephritis.
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.34.6.616
DP  - 1981 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 616--624
VI  - 34
IP  - 6
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/34/6/616.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/34/6/616.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol1981 Jun 01; 34
AB  - The clinical and pathological findings are reviewed in ten cases where renal biopsy showed abnormalities predominantly within the interstitium. In six the nephritis was considered to be drug-induced; in two the aetiology was slightly obscure but the most likely diagnosis was considered to be sarcoidosis. Of the remaining two cases one was chronic pyelonephritis and the other polyarteritis nodosa. The diagnosis and pathogenesis of the renal lesions are discussed and attention is drawn to the importance of distinguishing primary interstitial changes from those found in association with glomerular disease.