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Renal amyloidosis is a set of complex disorders characterized by the deposition of amyloid proteins in the kidneys, which causes gradual organ damage and potential…

Awareness of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) has increased over the years due to diagnostic and therapeutic developments. Timely initiation of novel…

Amyloidosis is a systemic disorder characterized by the extracellular deposition of amyloid fibrils in various tissues, with the potential for cardiac involvement.…

Rare diseases (RD) affect a small number of people compared to the general population and are mostly genetic in origin. The first clinical signs often appear at…

Simple SummaryLight-chain (AL) amyloidosis is a rare disease similar to the more common disease, multiple myeloma (MM). Both are caused by proliferation of…

A 76-year-old woman was found to have abnormally enlarged and calcified bilateral axillary lymph nodes on a screening mammogram (Figure 1). These correlated with…

Extract A 76-year-old woman was found to have abnormally enlarged and calcified bilateral axillary lymph nodes on a screening mammogram (Figure 1). These…

The immediate goal for therapy in patients with systemic immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis (AL) is to swiftly achieve at least a hematologic very good partial…