title: Renal infarction due to lupus vasculopathy.
abstract: In the ISN/RPS 2003 classification of lupus nephritis (LN) renal vascular lesions are not mentioned. We present a patient with postpartum lupus vasculopathy. The renal biopsy in our patient showed concentric intimal thickening with narrowed lumen. No inflammatory changes were found. It also revealed immunoglobulin and complement deposition on the wall of the arteriole. These changes indicate lupus vasculopathy. The glomeruli revealed diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis, with wire loops and cellular crescent in one glomerulus. The patient showed improvement with immunosuppression.
authors: Nephrology, SVIMS, Tirupati, India.
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Varalaxmi
authors: Nephrology, SVIMS, Tirupati, India.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Sandeep
authors: Nephrology, SVIMS, Tirupati, India.
authors: A V S S N
authors: AV
authors: Sridhar
authors: Nephrology, SVIMS, Tirupati, India.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Raveendra
authors: Nephrology, SVIMS, Tirupati, India.
authors: C Krishna
authors: CK
authors: Kishore
authors: Nephrology, SVIMS, Tirupati, India ram_5_1999@yahoo.com.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Ram
authors: Nephrology, SVIMS, Tirupati, India.
authors: V Siva
authors: VS
authors: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000473:pathology; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D008181:Lupus Nephritis / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D049590:Postpartum Period; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Renal infarction; diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis; lupus vasculopathy; postpartum lupus