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SUBMITTER: Cohen C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4370302 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clinical kidney journal 20150128 2
Light and heavy chain deposition disease (LHCDD) is a rare complication of monoclonal gammopathy. In all documented cases, LHCDD is the association of deposits of a monoclonal light chain with a normal heavy chain, especially in the kidneys. We describe here a 78-year-old woman whose renal biopsy showed nodular glomerulosclerosis, initially diagnosed as diabetic nephropathy. Detailed kidney biopsy immunofluorescence study corrected the diagnosis to γ1-κ-LHCDD. Advanced immunoblot analysis showed ...[more]