Crystalline podocytopathy and tubulopathy without overt glomerular proteinuria in a patient with multiple myeloma

• Main Authors: Eun Jeong Lee (Author), Su Yeon Lee (Author), So Young Park (Author), Yonjin Kim (Author), Jae Shin Choi (Author), Mi Jeoung Kim (Author), Ji Hyeon Park (Author), Jung Eun Lee (Author), Ghee Young Kwon (Author), Yoon-Goo Kim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Korean Society of Nephrology, 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Crystalline nephropathy is a rare yet well-known condition associated with multiple myeloma and other light chain-secreting disorders. Paraproteins that are resistant to proteolysis crystallize within proximal tubular cells and cause light-chain proximal tubulopathy, which presents clinically as Fan...