Classifying Lupus Nephritis: An Ongoing Story

Figure 3

Lupus nephritis class III. (a) Segmental endocapillary hypercellularity with substantial luminal reduction. (b) Endocapillary hypercellularity with fibrinoid necrosis and cellular crescent formation. (c) Karyorrhexis in a segment of a glomerulus. (d) Segmental sclerosis of a glomerulus. (e) Segmental subendothelial deposits by light microscopy as fuchsinophilic deposits in Masson Trichrome stain. (f) IgG immune deposits in glomerular capillary wall in segmental distribution and also accompanying mesangial deposits (IFM, ×400).