European Journal of Rheumatology
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Pauci-immune lupus nephritis: possibility or co-incidence?

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Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, Eskişehir, Turkey

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Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Eskişehir Osmangazi University School of Medicine, Eskişehir, Turkey

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Department of Pathology, Eskişehir Osmangazi University School of Medicine, Eskişehir, Turkey

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Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Eskişehir Osmangazi University School of Medicine, Eskişehir, Turkey

Eur J Rheumatol 2017; 4: 73-75
DOI: 10.5152/eurjrheum.2016.013
Read: 2365 Downloads: 1249 Published: 03 September 2019

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.

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