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

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...

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Main Authors: Masanori Sudo, Takuya Wakamatsu, Tomomi Ishikawa, Masato Habuka, Michihiro Hosojima, Suguru Yamamoto, Yumi Ito, Naofumi Imai, Yoshikatsu Kaneko, Akira Shimizu, Ichiei Narita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-03-01
Series:Human Pathology: Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214330018301263