Karyomegalic Interstitial Nephritis: a Review of Literature
Karyomegalic Interstitial Nephritis (KIN) is a rare cause of hereditary chronic interstitial nephritis described first time over 40 years ago. The prevalence of this disorder KIN is less than 1% of all the biopsies examined. KIN term was introduced by Mihatsch et al in 1979, who described 3 cases of systemic karyomegaly associated with chronic interstitial nephritis. Disease presents as slowly progressive chronic kidney disease eventually PDF