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ReviewJournal of medical case reports2021

Coincidental light chain induced proximal tubulopathy with lupus nephritis: a case report and review of the literature.

Wael Mostafa Hamza, Ahmed Mohammed AlEssa

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Review in Journal of medical case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wael Mostafa HamzaDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, King Fahd Hospital of the University, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia. wmmostafa@iau.edu.sa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0704-0665
Ahmed Mohammed AlEssaDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, King Fahd Hospital of the University, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
King Fahd Hospital of the University · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe report a case of light chain proximal tubulopathy associated with lupus nephritis in a patient known to have systemic lupus erythematosus. The kidney can be injured in several ways in any of these disorders. Light chain proximal tubulopathy is a rare form of renal tubular injury that may occur in and complicate plasma cell dyscrasia, characterized by cytoplasmic inclusions of the monoclonal light chain within proximal tubular cells. Lupus nephritis is a common form of renal injury as it occurs in about 25-50% of adult patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a 57-year-old African patient known to have systemic lupus erythematosus and hypertension presented with a new complaint of microscopic hematuria. A renal biopsy was performed and revealed lupus nephritis class II concurrently associated with light chain induced proximal tubulopathy. A subsequent bone marrow biopsy was performed, which revealed multiple myeloma.

conclusionsWe report a case of coincidental lupus nephritis and proximal tubulopathy featuring a combined constellation of rare histopathological features that might add to the relationship between systemic lupus and paraproteinemia.

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Kidney DiseasesLupus NephritisMultiple MyelomaParaproteinemiasAdultBiopsyHumansKidney Tubules, ProximalMiddle AgedFree light chainLupus nephritisParaproteinemiaPlasma cell dyscrasiaProximal tubulopathy

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PMID34344460
PMCPMC8335886
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