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Light chain only variant of proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal immunoglobulin deposits: a clinicopathological study of three cases #MMPMID37137693
Liang S; Liang D; Zhu X; Liang D; Xu F; Tu Y; Zeng C
J Clin Pathol 2024[Jul]; 77 (8): 551-556 PMID37137693show ga
AIMS: To explore the clinical and pathological features of light chain only variant of proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal immunoglobulin deposits (PGNMID-LC). METHODS: From January 2010 to December 2022, patients who were diagnosed with PGNMID-LC were selected, and their clinical and pathological features were retrospectively analysed. RESULTS: Three males aged 42-61 years old were enrolled. Hypertension was present in three patients, oedema in three patients, anaemia in two patients, proteinuria in three patients, nephrotic syndrome in one patient, microscopic haematuria in three patients, renal insufficiency in two patients and hypocomplementaemia of C3 in one patient. Elevated serum-free LC ratios and plasmacytosis on bone marrow smears were observed in three patients, and kappa was identified by serum protein immunofixation electrophoresis in one patient. Renal biopsy showed membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis in two patients and endocapillary proliferative glomerulonephritis in one patient on light microscopy. Immunofluorescence indicated restricted kappa LC and C3 distributed in glomeruli. By electron microscopy, electron-dense deposits without substructure were identified predominantly in the mesangial and subendothelial regions and were variable in the subepithelial region. Two patients were treated with plasma cell-directed chemotherapy and achieved haematological complete response or very good partial response, and one of them achieved a renal status of complete remission. One patient treated with immunosuppressive therapy only did not achieve haematological or renal remission. CONCLUSIONS: PGNMID-LC is a rare and uniform disease with a high frequency of a detectable pathogenic plasma cell clone and is characterised by glomerular deposition of restricted LC and C3 in renal pathology. Plasma cell-directed chemotherapy may improve haematological and renal prognosis.
J+Clin+Pathol 2024 ; 77 (8): 551-556
