MCQ MAHE 2000 Pathology Answer 04
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) GN
- SLE accounts for ~ 5 – 10% of patients with nephrotic syndrome
- Diagnosis: antinuclear antibody in the presence of inflammation of multiple organs
- Renal disease is present clinically in up to 90% of patients with SLE; all patients have renal injury on renal biopsy.
- Serum complement levels are usually low.
- Histologic types: mesangial, focal proliferative, diffuse proliferative, membranous.
- Treatment: the lowest possible dose of steroids; in diffuse proliferative type steroids + cytotoxic drugs
Tags: MCQ, Pathology, MAHE, Nephrology, S.L.E., Glomerulonephritis
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