Nephropathology Nephropathology Slide Seminar: Case 2 Slide Seminar: Case 2 European Congress of Pathology European Congress of Pathology 30.8.2011 30.8.2011 Anne Raisanen-Sokolowski, MD, PhD Transplantation Laboratory Helsinki University Central Hospital Helsinki, Finland
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Nephropathology Nephropathology Slide Seminar: Case 2Slide Seminar: Case 2European Congress of Pathology European Congress of Pathology
30.8.201130.8.2011
Anne Raisanen-Sokolowski, MD, PhDTransplantation Laboratory
Helsinki University Central HospitalHelsinki, Finland
Patient data 1Patient data 1
• 53 years old, previously healthy male• One year ago vision began to worsen,
diagnosed and treated as iritis
• Thereafter fever (ad 39°C) and malaise for 6 months.
• He suffered malfunction of intestine, edema in the lower extremities and muscle weakness, loss of appetite, weight loss
Patient data 2Patient data 2
• The patient presented with: tingling in finger tips and polyneuropathy by
ENMG hepatosplenomegalia
• Ultrasound: several focal defects in liver, suspicion of metastasis
• Biopsy: necrosis -> suspicion of Tbc -> treatment started -> laboratory findings negative
• Ascites
Hypogonadism (low testosterone)
Patient data 3Patient data 3
• The patient presented with: paraproteinemia in plasma (kappa light
Pathological features of Pathological features of POEMS nephropathyPOEMS nephropathy
• Glomerular enlargement• Cell proliferation and swelling• Mesangial loosening and mesangiolysis• Microaneurysms• Nodular-like lesions• Infiltration of plasma cells and mononuclear cells• Tubular atrophy and interstitial fibrosis• Acute tubular necrosis• No immune deposits
Nakamoto et al: A spectrum of clinicopathological features of nephropathy associated with POEMS syndrome. NDT 1999: 14:2370-2378
Treatment
• No randomized, controlled trials in POEMS• Radiation therapy, chemotherapy,
corticosteroids, anti-VEGF mAb (Bevacizumab, Avestin) and stem cell transplantation
• Case Patient received cyclic chemotherapy-corticosteroids-Bevacizumab treatment for 11 months, remission -> autologous stem cell transplantation 3/2011 ->5/2011 in remission