CRESCENTIC LIGHT-CHAIN GLOMERULOPATHY - REPORT OF A CASE

  • 1 January 1983
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 107  (6) , 319-323
Abstract
L chain glomerulopathy occurred in a middle-aged woman with adult-onset diabetes mellitus and IgG-.kappa. L chain multiple myeloma. Unusual features of the glomerulopathy included the presence of numerous epithelial crescents and rapid progression to chronic renal failure. The aggressiveness of her disease may be related to her underlying diabetes mellitus and associated abnormalities in glomerular clearance of macromolecules, including Ig L chains.