Nephrocirrhosis
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Nephrocirrhosis is a collective term for diffuse proliferations of connective tissue in the kidneys, regardless of their cause, leading to organ shrinkage and a granular surface. This 1930s encyclopedia entry notes that it is synonymous with the contracted kidney and directs to related concepts like nephrosclerosis and nephritis.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
NEPHROCIRRHOSIS, a collective term designating diffuse proliferations of connective tissue in the kidneys, whatever the cause of such proliferations: inflammatory processes, degenerative processes, circulatory disorders [see separate plate (vol. XX, pp. 103-104), Fig. 3], etc. (see Cardiosclerosis). Macroscopically, nephrocirrhosis is characterized by a decrease in size and contraction of the organ, and a granular appearance of its surface, hence the synonym "contracted kidney." Regarding the clinical and anatomical varieties of nephrocirrhosis and the processes leading to it, see Nephrosclerosis, Nephritis.
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“Nephrocirrhosis.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/nephrocirrhosis/