Research Article
Characteristics and Histological Types of Lupus Nephritis in a Jordanian Tertiary Medical Center
Table 2
Clinical indication of kidney biopsy with histopathological type of lupus nephritis.
| | Histopathological type of LN | Nephritic Syndrome | Nephrotic Syndrome | Proteinuria and Hematuria | Total Number |
| | Class 1% (No.) | 0.0% (0) | 0.0% (0) | 100.0% (2) | 100.0% (2) |
| | Class II% (No.) | 0.0% (0) | 0.0% (0) | 100.0% (5) | 100.0% (5) |
| | Class III% (No.) | 0.0% (0) | 0.0% (0) | 100.0% (10) | 100.0% (10) |
| | Class IV% (No.) | 37.8% (14) | 21.6% (8) | 40.5% (15) | 100.0% (37) |
| | Class V% (No.) | 13.3% (2) | 20.0% (3) | 66.7% (10) | 100.0% (15) |
| | Class VI% (No.) | 100.0% (1) | 0.0% (0) | 100.0% (0) | 100.0% (1) |
| | Overlapping pattern | 14.3% (2) | 28.6% (2) | 57.1% (5) | 100.0% (9) |
| | Lupus MPGN pattern | 50% (1) | 0.0% (0) | 50% (1) | 100 (2) |
| | Total No. (%) | 19 (24.05%) | 14 (17.7%) | 46 (58.23%) | 79 (100%) |
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LN: Lupus Nephritis, MPGN: membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
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