Crystalloid glomerulopathy in monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance (MGRS)
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- 18 March 2014
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Kidney Journal
- Vol. 7 (3), 296-298
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfu025
Abstract
We report a case of monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance in a 63-year-old man who presented with nephrotic-range proteinuria and renal insufficiency. The kidney biopsy showed a membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis pattern with extensive crystalloid deposits in the glomerular capillary endothelial cells and very few in the tubular epithelial cells. The immunoperoxidase staining showed kappa light chain restriction. Subsequently, the bone marrow showed 6% plasma cells which confirmed the diagnosis of monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance. He responded well to bortezomib treatment with resolution of the nephrotic syndrome and normalization of renal function after 7 months.Keywords
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