[Morphologic description of kidney in systemic lupus erythematosus with particular attention to features indicating...

Renal biopsies collected from 18 patients with the symptoms of nephropathy accompanying systemic lupus erythematosus-diagnosed and clinically confirmed according to the accepted criteria-were examined histologically. Morphological examinations revealed mesangiocapillary glomerular nephritis in 11 patients, mesangial proliferative glomerular nephritis in 6 patients, and focal proliferative glomerular nephritis in 1 patients. Morphological examination was widened by calculation of process activity (AI) and chronicity (CI). Despite diagnosed diffuse glomerular nephritis, the prognosis was rather good in the majority of patients. To the group of "increased risk" only 5 patients were classified. No correlation between clinical symptoms, renal involvement and AI and CI values was found.