Interstitial nephritis classification

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [[1]]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:Mohsen Basiri M.D.

Overview

There is no established system for the classification of TIN, however according to clinical manifestations and the  inflammatory process, TIN, in spite of the etiologic agent, can be divided into acute and chronic categories.

Classification

There is no established system for the classification of TIN.

Tubulointerstitial nephritis (TIN) commonly attributes to inflammatory responses of the kidney with involvement the interstitium and tubules.  In this condition the glomeruli are intact or may affect in the late stage of disease.

According to clinical manifestations and the  inflammatory process, TIN, in spite of the etiologic agent, can be divided into acute and chronic categories.