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Autopsy of the body of a 40-year-old woman, who died of uremia, shows enlarged variegated kidneys In the kidneys, the glomerular capillary membranes are thickened and resemble "wire loops"; there are foci of fibrinoid necrosis in their walls and hyaline thrombi in their lumina. In the nuclei, there are hematoxylin bodies. In the heart, Libman-Sacks endocarditis is observed. What renal disorder is the most likely in this case?

Answer options

  1. Lupus nephritis
  2. Cholera glomerulonephritis
  3. Terminal glomerulonephritis
  4. Sclerotic kidney
  5. Rheumatic glomerulonephritis
Correct answer

Lupus nephritis

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