Francesco Fortarezza
1* , Federica Pezzuto
1 1 Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, Division of Pathology, University of Padova, Italy
Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education:
The pathogenetic mechanism of renal involvement in coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is still unclear. It is supposed to result from a combination of several contributing factors, such as state of dehydration, leading to pre-renal failure with acute tubular necrosis, toxic tubular damage, induced by cytokine storm or rhabdomyolysis, cytopathic action induced by the virus that invades ACE2- expressing kidney cells and drug-induced nephrotoxicity.
Please cite this paper as: Fortarezza F, Pezzuto F. COVID-19 nephropathy: what could pathologist say? J Nephropathol. 2020;9(4):e32. DOI: 10.34172/jnp.2020.32.