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Jun 17, 2018
Introduction:
Amyloidosis accompanied by Sjogren's syndrome (SS) has been reported to occur primarily in the skin, lungs, tongue, and mammary gland. However, SS in…
Jun 13, 2018
A 78-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 2-week history of generalized edema, weakness, and chest pain. He reported that during the past year…
Jun 13, 2018
Purpose of Review:
Light-chain-associated (AL) amyloidosis is a rare disease with a poor prognosis. However, we have made recent strides in more accurate diagnosis…
Jun 10, 2018
Amyloidosis is a group of heterogeneous conditions characterized by the deposition of extracellular proteinaceous substances called amyloids. The diagnosis is…
Jun 03, 2018
Background:
Systemic AL amyloidosis is characterized by disposition of insoluble amyloid fibrils into tissues and organs via clonal expansion of CD38+ plasma cells…
May 24, 2018
Doppler echocardiogram provides not only structural information about heart chambers, valves and pericardium but also contributes to functional assessment. A unique…
May 17, 2018
Oculomeningovascular amyloidosis is a variant of transthyretin (TTR) amyloidotic polyneuropathy, which is associated with blindness and brain ischemia,…
May 16, 2018
Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) comprises a heterogeneous group of medical conditions affecting the myocardium. It presents with proteinaceous infiltration with variable…
May 13, 2018
Background:
This case describes an unusual presentation of an intracranial hemorrhage first thought to be metastatic disease on computed tomography and magnetic…