title: Pauci-immune lupus nephritis: possibility or co-incidence?
abstract: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized with immune complex formation and renal involvement of lupus and may include several kinds of pathological conditions, but mostly, it is associated with immune complex-induced glomerular disease. Pauci-immune lupus nephritis is a very rare condition. We describe a 45-year-old female patient with pauci-immune crescentic necrotizing lupus nephritis and briefly discuss the possible mechanism and pathogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Eskişehir Osmangazi University School of Medicine, Eskişehir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Döndü Üsküdar
authors.initials: DÜ
authors.lastname: Cansu
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Eskişehir Osmangazi University School of Medicine, Eskişehir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gökhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Temiz
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Eskişehir Osmangazi University School of Medicine, Eskişehir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mustafa F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Açıkalın
authors.affiliation: Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Eskişehir Osmangazi University School of Medicine, Eskişehir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cengiz
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Korkmaz
keywords: Lupus; glomerulonephritis; pauci-immune