Case Report

ANCA-Associated Necrotizing Glomerulonephritis Overlapping with Mesangial Proliferative Lupus Nephritis Refractory to Plasmapheresis, Steroid Pulse Therapy, and a Combination of Mycophenolate Mofetil and Rituximab

Table 1

ANCA pattern and WHO classification of previously reported cases of ANCA-associated necrotizing LN.

AuthorYearANCA immunofluorescence assayANCA ELISA assayWHO classificationTotal
PCMPOPR-3MPO + PR3IIIIIIV-SIV-GVIII + VIV + VVI

Li2017N/AN/A38741910203240
Turner-Stokes2017N/AN/A26242811731
Jarrot20167070012
Wang2016N/AN/A24203643550
Burkhart2015101001
Abe2015N/AN/A1001
Isono2011N/AN/A1001
Morimoto2010N/AN/A1001
Yu2009917007
Nasr20089050014113000
Hirai2008N/AN/A1001
Chin20001631N/A0117
Arahata1999N/AN/A1001
Marshall1997101002
Total4341151488298415791153

A total number of cases whose WHO classification of LN was available.