label: Renal tubular epithelial necrosis
label_lc: renal tubular epithelial necrosis
description: "Coagulative necrosis of tubular epithelial cells, defined as cells with increased cytoplasmic eosinophilia and nucleus that has a condensed chromatin pattern with fuzzy nuclear contour or has barely visible nuclear basophilic staining. The extent of cortical tubular necrosis is scoredsemiquantitatively as none, mild (less than 25% tubules with necrosis), moderate (25-50 percent), and severe (over 50%)."