According to WHO, membranous glomerulonephritis seen in SLE is -: (A) Class II, (B) Class III, (C) Class IV, (D) Class V
Answer is B. The morphological classification of lupus nephritis has proven to be clinically useful. Five patterns are recognized: minimal mesangial(class1); mesangial lupus glomerulonephritis (class II); focal proliferative glomerulonephritis (class III); diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis (class IV); and membranous glomerulonephritis (class V) From Pathologic basis of disease ROBBINS, 8th edition, pg no:217