Concurrence of Fibrillary Glomerulonephritis and AL Amyloidosis Associated with Monoclonal Gammopathy.
- Author:
Dong Suk CHANG
1
;
Won Ik JANG
;
Dae Eun CHOI
;
Ki Ryang NA
;
Kwang Sun SUH
;
Yong Tai SHIN
;
Kang Wook LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Republic of Korea. kwlee@cnu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Amyloidosis;
Glomerulonephritis;
Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance
- MeSH:
Amyloid;
Amyloidosis;
Glomerulonephritis;
Immunoglobulins;
Light;
Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance;
Paraproteinemias
- From:Korean Journal of Nephrology
2011;30(2):187-190
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Renal diseases with organized deposits include amyloid, fibrillary, immunotactoid, and cryoglobulinemic glomerulopathies. AL amyloidosis and fibrillary glomerulonephritis are different in the composition of their immunoglobulin deposits. Fibrils of fibrillary glomerulonephritis are usually composed of polyclonal, occasionally oligoclonal or monoclonal, immunoglobin G, but amyloidosis consists of monoclonal light chains. Simultaneous occurrence of fibrillary glomerulonephritis and AL amyloidosis is very rare. We report a case of fibrillary glomerulonephritis combined with AL amyloidosis in a 71-yr-old man.
