Case Report

Development of Renal Failure without Proteinuria in a Patient with Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance: An Unusual Presentation of AL Kappa Amyloidosis

Table 1

Renal histological lesions during the course of MGUS.

Renal histologyReferences

Cryoglobulinemic glomerulonephritis[6]
AL amyloidosis[6, 13, 15, 24]
Light chain cast nephropathy[6, 14, 24]
Light chain deposition disease[6, 14, 19, 24]
Heavy chain deposition disease[6, 14, 24]
Light chain and heavy chain deposition disease[6, 14]
Light chain tubular crystal deposition[6]
Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemic glomerulonephritis[8]
Proliferative glomerulonephritis (several types)[9, 24, 25]
Fibrillary or immunotactoid glomerulopathy[10, 11, 16, 18]
Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis[12, 22]
Tubulointerstitial nephritis[17]
Acute tubular necrosis[20]
Membranous nephropathy[21]
Dense deposit disease[23]
Mixed lesions[14, 15]