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Journal Article
Classical complement activation in light and heavy chain deposition disease with acquired cutis laxa and bronchiolitis obliterans: a case report of monoclonal gammopathy of clinical significance
2025
Overview
Light and heavy chain deposition disease (LHCDD) is a clonal plasma cell or monoclonal B-cell dyscrasia characterized by deposition of monoclonal immunoglobulin light and heavy chains. LHCDD mainly belongs to monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance (MGRS), including a spectrum of kidney disorders caused by a monoclonal protein (M-protein) secreted by a small plasma cell clone or other B-cell clones in patients who do not meet the diagnostic criteria for multiple myeloma or other B-cell malignancies. It may also occur as a renal complication of overt multiple myeloma. We report a 27-year-old man who presented clinically with chronic nephritic syndrome and was diagnosed with LHCDD confirmed by renal biopsy, accompanied by hypocomplementemia and bronchiolitis obliterans (BO). Notably, he initially developed acquired cutis laxa (CL) four years before renal dysfunction. Progressive dermatologic manifestations prompted repeat skin biopsies, revealing deposition of γ1 heavy chains, restrictive lambda light chains and complement components (C3, C4 and C1q) along dermal elastic fibers, establishing monoclonal gammopathy of dermatologic significance (MGODS) before systemic involvement. This case illustrates a rare constellation of MGRS, MGODS, and BO in a young adult and provides unique histologic and serologic evidence of classical complement pathway activation. Our findings support a potential immune-mediated mechanism underlying tissue injury in both renal and extrarenal manifestations of monoclonal gammopathy, highlighting the diagnostic value of early tissue biopsy and the importance of complement assessment in such cases.
Publisher
Frontiers Media SA,Frontiers Media S.A
Subject
/ Adult
/ Biopsy
/ Bronchiolitis Obliterans - diagnosis
/ Bronchiolitis Obliterans - etiology
/ Bronchiolitis Obliterans - immunology
/ classical complement activation
/ Complement Activation - immunology
/ Complement Pathway, Classical
/ Humans
/ Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains - immunology
/ Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains - metabolism
/ Immunoglobulin Light Chains - immunology
/ Immunoglobulin Light Chains - metabolism
/ Light
/ light and heavy chain deposition disease
/ Male
/ Paraproteinemias - complications
/ Paraproteinemias - diagnosis
/ Paraproteinemias - immunology
/ Proteins
