Waldenström's macroglobulinemia associated with amyloidosis and crescentic glomerulonephritis.
An unusual case of Waldenström's macroglobulinemia associated with amyloidosis and crescentic glomerulonephritis is described. At autopsy, crescent formation was present in 80% of the glomeruli, and the breaks in the glomerular basement membranes were found at the same place as the deposition of amyloid.
Ogami
Y
Y
Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Takasugi
M
M
Soejima
M
M
Kuroiwa
A
A
Oma
H
H
Nakano
M
M
Haratake
J
J
Toyoshima
M
M
Watanabe
T
T
D000368:Aged; D000682:Amyloid / Q000378:metabolism; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications*; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008258:Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia / Q000150:complications*
D000682:Amyloid