Diagnosis of monoclonal immunotactoid glomerulopathy with positive λ chain by immunoelectron microscopy

Abstract We report the case of a 73-year-old-man who developed immunotactoid glomerulopathy (ITG). ITG is a rare disease characterized by proliferative glomerulonephritis and capillary wall deposits with a 10–60 nm diameter microtubular substructure. In monoclonal ITG, immunofluorescence analysis typically exhibits IgG with light chain restriction. Recent reviews recommend distinguishing monoclonal ITG from polyclonal ITG because monoclonal ITG is associated with a higher incidence of hematological disorders and better responsiveness to clone-directed therapy and renal prognosis. In our case, IgG, IgA, and IgM were negative by routine immunofluorescence; however, immunoelectron microscopy revealed positive λ chain. At 6 months after renal biopsy, the IgG λ chain was detected in the serum and urine, reflecting possible monoclonality. Therefore, it is useful to perform immunoelectron microscopy and follow-up with serum and urine protein electrophoresis and immunofixation to diagnose monoclonal ITG, even when routine immunofluorescence shows negative or nonspecific findings..

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

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CEN Case Reports - 12(2022), 1 vom: 14. Juni, Seite 7-13

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sugita, Erina [VerfasserIn]
Sonoda, Homare [VerfasserIn]
Ryuzaki, Masaki [VerfasserIn]
Hashiguchi, Akinori [VerfasserIn]
Tokuyama, Hirobumi [VerfasserIn]
Wakino, Shu [VerfasserIn]
Kanda, Takeshi [VerfasserIn]
Itoh, Hiroshi [VerfasserIn]

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Clinical nephrology
Immunotactoid glomerulopathy
Nephrotic syndrome

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© The Author(s) under exclusive licence to The Japan Society of Nephrology 2022

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10.1007/s13730-022-00714-1

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OLC2133713093