Table 3.

Treatments

ConditionsTherapy
POEMS syndrome First line: most experience with ASCT and lenalidomide/dexamethasoneFirst line: if only 1-2 bone lesions and negative bone marrow, radiation 
DADS-M-PN First line: IVIGSecond line: rituximab 
CANOMAD First line: IVIG or plasmapheresisSecond line: rituximab 
SLOMN First line: IVIGSecond line: plasma cell–directed therapy 
Light chain deposition disease First line: most experience with ASCT and bortezomib/dexamethasone 
PGMID First line: rituximabSecond line: bortezomib/dexamethasone 
Monoclonal fibrillary glomerulonephritis First line: unknown 
Immunotactoid GN First line: rituximab or clone directed therapy 
Inclusions/crystalline deposits First line: may consider clone-directed therapy 
Cryoglobulinemia First line: treat underlying cause (eg, HCV, CTD, PCD); for severe cases, plasmapheresis, high-dose methylprednisolone, and/or cyclophosphamide may be consideredSecond line: rituximab 
Scleromyxedema First line: IVIGSecond line: add lenalidomide or bortezomib 
Necrobiotica xanthogranuloma First line: IVIGSecond line: may consider clone-directed therapy 
Schnitzler syndrome First line: anti–IL-1 monoclonal therapeuticsSecond line: Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia therapy 
TEMPI syndrome First line: plasma cell–directed therapy 
Clarkson disease Prophylactic IVIG 
Crystal-storing histiocytosis29  First line: observationSecond line: may consider clone-directed therapy 
Monoclonal gammopathy keratopathy No treatment required 
ConditionsTherapy
POEMS syndrome First line: most experience with ASCT and lenalidomide/dexamethasoneFirst line: if only 1-2 bone lesions and negative bone marrow, radiation 
DADS-M-PN First line: IVIGSecond line: rituximab 
CANOMAD First line: IVIG or plasmapheresisSecond line: rituximab 
SLOMN First line: IVIGSecond line: plasma cell–directed therapy 
Light chain deposition disease First line: most experience with ASCT and bortezomib/dexamethasone 
PGMID First line: rituximabSecond line: bortezomib/dexamethasone 
Monoclonal fibrillary glomerulonephritis First line: unknown 
Immunotactoid GN First line: rituximab or clone directed therapy 
Inclusions/crystalline deposits First line: may consider clone-directed therapy 
Cryoglobulinemia First line: treat underlying cause (eg, HCV, CTD, PCD); for severe cases, plasmapheresis, high-dose methylprednisolone, and/or cyclophosphamide may be consideredSecond line: rituximab 
Scleromyxedema First line: IVIGSecond line: add lenalidomide or bortezomib 
Necrobiotica xanthogranuloma First line: IVIGSecond line: may consider clone-directed therapy 
Schnitzler syndrome First line: anti–IL-1 monoclonal therapeuticsSecond line: Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia therapy 
TEMPI syndrome First line: plasma cell–directed therapy 
Clarkson disease Prophylactic IVIG 
Crystal-storing histiocytosis29  First line: observationSecond line: may consider clone-directed therapy 
Monoclonal gammopathy keratopathy No treatment required 

These treatments are based on case series and not on high levels of evidence.

ASCT, autologous stem cell transplant; CANOMAD, chronic ataxic neuropathy, ophthalmoplegia, immunoglobulin M paraprotein, cold agglutinins, and disialosyl antibodies; CTD, connective tissue disease; DADS-M-PN, distal, acquired, demyelinating, symmetric neuropathy with M protein; GN, glomerulonephritis; HCV, hepatitis C virus; IL-1, interleukin-1; IVIG, intravenous immunoglobulin; PCD, plasma cell disorder; PGMID, proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal immune deposition; POEMS, polyradiculoneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal protein, skin changes; SLOMN, sporadic late-onset nemaline myopathy.

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