Successful treatment of gamma 1 heavy chain deposition disease with bortezomib and dexamethasone

• Main Authors: Masanori Sudo (Author), Takuya Wakamatsu (Author), Tomomi Ishikawa (Author), Masato Habuka (Author), Michihiro Hosojima (Author), Suguru Yamamoto (Author), Yumi Ito (Author), Naofumi Imai (Author), Yoshikatsu Kaneko (Author), Akira Shimizu (Author), Ichiei Narita (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Heavy chain deposition disease (HCDD) is a rare complication of plasma cell dyscrasias, characterized by nonamyloid tissue deposits of incomplete monoclonal heavy chains in renal tissues. We report the case of a 78-year-old female with HCDD who was successfully treated with bortezomib and dexamethas...