Benign monoclonal gammopathy presenting with severe renal failure
- 24 April 2009
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Scandinavian Journal of Haematology
- Vol. 36 (1) , 115-117
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0609.1986.tb02661.x
Abstract
A patient with monoclonal gammopathy and renal failure due to kappa light chain deposition in the glomerular basement membrane is reported. After 8 months, he developed a progressive and severe renal failure requiring haemodialysis. 30 months later, the monoclonal gammopathy was unchanged. Clinical features, as well as kinetic and immunological studies, were consistent with a diagnosis of benign monoclonal gammopathy (BMG). This case suggests that the renal failure complicating a monoclonal gammopathy is not related to its malignancy.Keywords
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