Ryo Nakagawa, Aya Imafuku, Eiko Hasegawa, Hiroki Mizuno, Masahiro Kawada, Akinari Sekine, Rikako Hiramatsu, Keiichi Sumida, Masayuki Yamanouchi, Noriko Hayami, Tatsuya Suwabe, Junichi Hoshino, Naoki Sawa, Kenmei Takaichi, Atsushi Wake, Kenichi Ohashi, Takeshi Fujii, Yoshifumi Ubara
BACKGROUND: This study was performed to determine whether the urinary albumin excretion rate (%UAE) could distinguish myeloma cast nephropathy (MCN) without glomerular amyloid deposition from MCN with glomerular amyloid deposition. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed clinicopathological data on 16 patients with MCN diagnosed by renal biopsy at Toranomon Hospital from 2004 to 2014. RESULTS: A total of 10 patients had pure MCN without glomerular amyloid deposition (group 1), and 6 patients had MCN with glomerular amyloid deposition (group 2)...
August 2019: Clinical Nephrology