Author： Komatsuda Atsushi Masai Rie Togashi Masaru Ohtani Hiroshi Sawada Kenichi Wakui Hideki
Publisher： Oxford University Press
ISSN： 2048-8505
Source： Clinical Kidney Journal, Vol.5, Iss.5, 2012-10, pp. : 438-441
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Abstract
We report previously undescribed renal lesions associated with monoclonal gammopathy in a 59-year-old man with Waldenström macroglobulinemia (IgM-κ). Light microscopy showed mesangial proliferation and thickening of glomerular basement membranes (GBMs) and tubular basement membranes (TBMs). Neither intraglomerular thrombi nor nodular glomerulosclerosis was observed. Immunofluorescence studies disclosed essentially discrete localization of IgM heavy chain within the mesangial area and κ light chain along GBMs and TBMs. Electron microscopy showed continuous linear deposits of finely granular electron-dense material along the inner aspect of GBMs and TBMs. Repeated rituximab treatment and chemotherapy (melphalan and prednisolone) led to the improvement of proteinuria.
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