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Relapse with transformation of lupus nephritis in a transplant kidneyDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Department of Pathology, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, rob.walker{at}stonebow.otago.ac.nz Lupus nephritis is a constellation of different renal histologies, characterized by an immune complex mediated glomerular disease. Histological transformation in lupus nephritis usually occurs from a mild mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis to a more aggressive diffuse proliferative lesion. We present a case of relapsed systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in a renal transplant recipient in which there was a histological transformation from the original diffuse proliferative lupus nephritis in the native kidneys to a membranous lupus nephritis in the renal transplant.
Key Words: histocompatibility antigens histological transformation lupus nephritis renal transplantation
Lupus, Vol. 14, No. 7,
554-556 (2005) |
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