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Aug 07, 2018
Background:
Pulmonary is an uncommon site of extramedullary involvement in multiple myeloma (MM). Diffuse parenchymal amyloidosis as pulmonary manifestation of MM…
Aug 04, 2018
A 74-year-old female presented with a 6-month history of easy bruising as manifested by purpura after minor trauma to her face. Her physical examination was…
Jul 18, 2018
Amyloid A (AA) amyloidosis is a rare but serious complication of chronic inflammatory diseases like rheumatoid arthritis (RA), causing progressive organ dysfunction…
Jul 17, 2018
Background:
Recent progress in amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) has enabled the targeted imaging of cardiac amyloidosis with accuracy. We performed a…
Jul 04, 2018
Background:
Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis is caused by pathogenic single-nucleotide variants in the gene encoding transthyretin ( TTR) that induce…
Jul 04, 2018
Background:
Patisiran, an investigational RNA interference therapeutic agent, specifically inhibits hepatic synthesis of transthyretin.
Methods:
In this phase 3…
Jul 01, 2018
Apolipoprotein A-I amyloidosis is a rare, autosomal dominant disorder of APOA-1 gene characterized by the deposition of apolipoprotein A-I in various organs and can…
Jun 25, 2018
Cerebral amyloidomas are rare cerebral mass lesions often associated with significant morbidity. Cerebral amyloid accumulation can be the result of a number of…
Jun 24, 2018
Background:
Fat embolism syndrome is a well-known complication in orthopedic and trauma surgery, caused by a massive release of fat into the circulation that can…