title: Waldenström's macroglobulinemia associated with amyloidosis and crescentic glomerulonephritis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ogami
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takasugi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soejima
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuroiwa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oma
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haratake
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toyoshima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D000682:Amyloid