Lecithin: Cholesterol Acyltransferase (LCAT) Deficiency: renal lesions with early graft recurrence

Ultrastruct Pathol. 2011 May;35(3):139-45. doi: 10.3109/01913123.2010.551578. Epub 2011 Feb 16.

Abstract

Familial lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) deficiency is a rare metabolic disease with lipid deposition in several organs. The authors report a man with hypertension and proteinuria. Renal biopsy revealed glomerular changes, including peculiar thrombus-like deposits, consistent with LCAT deficiency. He was found to be compound heterozygous for two mutations of the LCAT gene. He received a kidney graft from his father. The authors also describe LCAT deficiency-related lesions in the explanted native kidneys and in biopsies at 2 days, 6 weeks, and 1 year after transplantation. The morphology of this disease is characteristic, and the diagnosis should be suspected from the ultrastructural findings.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Heterozygote
  • Humans
  • Kidney / enzymology
  • Kidney Diseases / enzymology
  • Kidney Diseases / genetics*
  • Kidney Diseases / surgery
  • Kidney Glomerulus / ultrastructure
  • Kidney Transplantation*
  • Lecithin Cholesterol Acyltransferase Deficiency / genetics
  • Male
  • Mutation*
  • Recurrence
  • Young Adult