Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma causing light chain cast nephropathy

Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2012 Jan;27(1):450-3. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfr730. Epub 2012 Jan 11.

Abstract

Plasma cell dyscrasias are frequently associated with kidney disease through the production of monoclonal immunoglobulin but with a diverse set of pathologic renal patterns. While almost all patients with a renal biopsy showing a cast nephropathy have myeloma, kidney involvement associated with pathological immunoglobulin light chains and lymphoma is rare. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a cast nephropathy associated with lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma. We emphasize the relation between light chain deposition and renal dysfunction in this disease with production of light chains. A therapeutic approach that decreases light chain production appears to be warranted in these patients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Kidney Injury / drug therapy
  • Acute Kidney Injury / etiology*
  • Acute Kidney Injury / pathology
  • Aged
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin Light Chains*
  • Prognosis
  • Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia / complications*
  • Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia / drug therapy
  • Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia / pathology

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin Light Chains