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Three cases of the Crow-Fukase syndrome without radiographic changes of multiple myeloma are reported, with special reference to the glomerular changes seen. Proteinuria was detected in one case, although decreased renal function was observed in all (GFR: 41.0, 62.0, 74.1 ml/min respectively) at the time of renal biopsy. Glomerular changes were similar in all three cases. The main characteristic changes were mesangial proliferation and thickening of the glomerular capillary walls. Pictures by light microscopy were therefore similar to that of MPGN. On electron microscopy, the thickened capillary walls showed circumferential mesangial interposition and the subendothelial zone was electron-lucent and contained small dense granules or flocculent deposits. By immunofluorescent microscopy, no immunoglobulins, complement components or light chain were detected in the glomeruli except in one case.
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Sano, M., Terasaki, T., Koyama, A. et al. Glomerular lesions associated with the Crow-Fukase syndrome. Vichows Archiv A Pathol Anat 409, 3–9 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00705402
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