Light chain deposition disease; there are reasons for confusion

Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education:Congo red negative nodular deposition of an amorphous, eosinophilic material is the most common pathologic finding in light chain deposition disease in light microscopy. The nodules are a mixture of light chain and mesangial protein and the picture is reminiscent of diabetic nephropathy. Immunoflurescent microscopy usually demonstrates the presence of monotypic kappa light chain. It seems that serum creatinine level greater than 4 mg/dl is a poor prognosis sign for future progress to end stage renal disease in this disease. Therefore, early diagnosis is important.

• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Journal of Renal Injury Prevention

• Publication date

  2013-10-10

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.12861/jrip.2013.41PMID 25340150PMCID 4206026
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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