An 8-year-old cat had symptoms of advanced renal failure. At postmortem examination it was found to have extensive bilateral renal cortical necrosis that appeared to have been in existence for some weeks. The literature on this type of lesion was reviewed, but no conclusions could be reached on the pathogenesis of this case.
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