Clinical and Morphologic Differences between Class IV-S and Class IV-G Lupus Nephritis
Table 3
Comparison between some clinical manifestation in patients with class IV segmental (S) versus global (G) proliferative lupus nephritis (LN) at the time of renal biopsy.
Clinical manifestation
Class IV-S LN ()
Class IV-G LN ()
number (%) of cases
Mucocutaneous manifestations
28 (68,29%)
12 (54,54%)
40 (63,49%) patients
Pyrexia
11 (39,02%)
19 (68,18%)
30 (51,72%) patients
Musculoskeletal manifestations
16 (26,83%)
15 (86,36%)
31 (49,21%) patients
Gastrointestinal symptoms (lupus hepatitis or pancreatitis)