An IgA1-lambda-type monoclonal immunoglobulin deposition disease associated with membranous features in a patient with chronic hepatitis C viral infection and rectal cancer

Clin Exp Nephrol. 2010 Feb;14(1):90-3. doi: 10.1007/s10157-009-0227-x. Epub 2009 Oct 1.

Abstract

A 61-year-old man infected with hepatitis C virus developed urinary protein. Two-dimensional electrophoresis and immunoblotting of sera revealed no monoclonal proteins. Light microscopy and immunofluorescence of a kidney biopsy specimen demonstrated bubbling appearance and formation of spikes, associated with predominantly IgA1-lambda deposition, but not IgG, along glomerular capillary walls. Electron microscopy showed electron-dense deposits without any fibrillary structure located in the glomerular basement membrane. Seven months after the kidney biopsy, the patient had a surgical operation for rectal cancer. One year later, the urinary protein was still present. The present case is the first report of an IgA1-lambda-type monoclonal immunoglobulin deposition disease associated with membranous features.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / complications*
  • Adenocarcinoma / immunology
  • Glomerulonephritis, Membranous / complications
  • Glomerulonephritis, Membranous / immunology*
  • Hepatitis C, Chronic / complications*
  • Hepatitis C, Chronic / immunology
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin A / immunology
  • Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains / immunology
  • Male
  • Proteinuria / immunology
  • Rectal Neoplasms / complications*
  • Rectal Neoplasms / immunology

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin A
  • Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains