Kidney Biopsy Teaching Case
A 57-Year-Old Woman With Recently Diagnosed SLE, Proteinuria, and Microhematuria

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Case Report

A 53-year-old African-American woman with a 10-year history of hypertension presented to a tertiary-care hospital with a 1-week history of gross hematuria; polyarticular synovitis involving the right knee, hip, and shoulder joints; and a history of Raynaud phenomenon for 12 months before admission. In addition, past medical history included granular cell tumor of the esophagus diagnosed 9 months before the admission. Medications on admission included hydrochlorothiazide (25 mg orally twice

Discussion

Lupus nephritis is a heterogeneous group of immune-complex–mediated processes with different patterns of glomerular injury and frequent involvement of vascular and tubulointerstitial compartments of renal parenchyma. Lupus nephritis encompasses a spectrum of different glomerular lesions, based on which findings are classified into 6 major classes by using the International Society of Nephrology and Renal Pathology Society 2003 classification, which is the most current and widely used

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    Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2006.09.012 on October 31, 2006.

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