Acute Kidney Injury, Recurrent Seizures, and Thrombocytopenia in a Young Patient with Lupus Nephritis: A Diagnostic Dilemma

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Renal biopsy with crescent formations (image (a)). Immunofluorescent findings (image (b)) of diffuse granular mesangial and glomerular capillary wall staining for IgG, IgM, IgA, C3, and C1; tubular basement membrane and arteriolar staining for IgG, IgM, and C3; vessel wall staining for IgG, IgM, and C3. Arterioles with focal luminal obliteration and concentric intimal fibroplasia (image (c)). Moderate fibrosis (image (d)). Findings consistent with lupus nephritis and severe hypertension.

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