Renal-limited lupus-like glomerulonephritis

Renal-Limited “Lupus-Like” Nephritis: How Much of a Lupus?

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterized by development of autoantibodies to nuclear and cytoplasmic antigens. A small subset of SLE patients who had the typical clinical features of SLE was reported to show persistently negative antinuclear antibody tests. Our report describes a 5-year-old male who presented with histopathological findings suggestive of lupus n...

Lupus Glomerulonephritis

ACase of Lupus-like Glomerulonephritis in an HIV-infected Patient

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has increased the life expectancy of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients. However, the incidence of kidney diseases in HIV-infected patients has increased. Before the ART era, HIV-associated nephropathy (HIVAN) was the most common type of glomerulonephritis in HIV-related kidney diseases, but after the advent of ART, many other types of glomerulonep...

Recurrence of ANCA-negative renal-limited pauci-immune glomerulonephritis in the renal allograft

Renal transplantation is the treatment of choice for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) due to pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis (PICGN). A small subgroup of patients with PICGN are anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) negative. We report a case of a patient with ANCA-negative renal-limited form of PICGN who developed ESRD despite treatment. He underwent live-related renal allograft...

A Case of True Renal Lupus Vasculitis Combined with Pauci-immune Glomerulonephritis in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Renal lupus vasculitis is a rare vascular lesion complicated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We report an unusual case of true renal lupus vasculitis with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)-negative pauci-immune glomerulonephritis in a patient with SLE. A 32-year-old woman presenting with hematuria and overt proteinuria was admitted to the hospital. She had been diagnosed wit...