De Novo AL Amyloidosis in a Renal Allograft / 대한내과학회지
Korean Journal of Medicine
; : 545-549, 2016.
Article
in Korean
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ABSTRACT
Amyloidosis is characterized by the extracellular deposition of amyloid in various tissues and organs, particularly the kidney and heart. The estimated incidence of systemic amyloidosis is at least 8 per million population per year. However, few cases of systemic amyloidosis in renal allografts have been reported. A stable renal transplant recipient was admitted with proteinuria and dyspnea on exertion. The M-peak was found on serum and urine protein electrophoresis, and lambda (λ) dominance was confirmed by serum and urine free-light-chain test. The patient was diagnosed with systemic amyloidosis of a renal allograft, by allograft biopsy, at 22 years after renal transplantation. We report a case of AL amyloidosis in a stable renal allograft and review the medical literature.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Proteinuria
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Biopsy
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Incidence
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Kidney Transplantation
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Immunoglobulin Light Chains
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Dyspnea
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Electrophoresis
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Allografts
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Transplant Recipients
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Heart
Type of study:
Incidence study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Medicine
Year:
2016
Document type:
Article