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%). [https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0736-9199]

Acute tubular necrosis (ATN) is a medical condition involving the death of tubular epithelial cells that form the renal tubules of the kidneys. Because necrosis is often not present, the term acute tubular injury (ATI) is preferred by pathologists over the older name acute tubular necrosis (ATN)...