Educational Case: Lupus Nephritis as an Example of Immune Complex-Mediated Glomerulonephritis

Deborah Jebakumar; Kathleen A Jones

doi:10.1177/2374289520909496

Educational Case: Lupus Nephritis as an Example of Immune Complex-Mediated Glomerulonephritis

Acad Pathol. 2020 Mar 20:7:2374289520909496. doi: 10.1177/2374289520909496. eCollection 2020 Jan-Dec.

Authors

Deborah Jebakumar¹, Kathleen A Jones¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center, Temple, Texas A & M College of Medicine, Temple, TX 76508, USA.

Abstract

The following fictional case is intended as a learning tool within the Pathology Competencies for Medical Education (PCME), a set of national standards for teaching pathology. These are divided into three basic competencies: Disease Mechanisms and Processes, Organ System Pathology, and Diagnostic Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology. For additional information, and a full list of learning objectives for all three competencies, see http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2374289517715040.¹.

Keywords: immune-mediated renal disease; kidney; lupus nephritis; organ systems pathology; pathology competencies; renal syndromes; systemic lupus erythematosus.