Medical Oncology

Glomerulonephritis

Questions discussed in this category

How do you approach treatment for patients with proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal IgG deposits (PGNMID) with end-stage renal disease who are considering kidney transplant?

Most patients with PGNMID have no detectable disease in their marrow or blood and urine protein cannot adequately be monitored.

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What level of 24h urine M protein do you consider to define active myeloma in a patient with renal insufficiency, proteinuria and monoclonal gammopathy?

When do you start treatment in this case?

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Papers discussed in this category

Kidney international, 2018-07

Proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal immunoglobulin G deposits is associated with high rate of early recurrence in the allograft.

BMC nephrology, 2019-02-14

Complete biopsy-proven resolution of deposits in recurrent proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal IgG deposits (PGNMIGD) following rituximab treatment in renal allograft.

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