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Systemic Immunoglobulin Light Chain Amyloidosis Presenting as Painful Penile Ulcers
Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases, 2022 Immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis is a systemic form of amyloidosis that commonly affects the heart, kidney, liver, and nervous system. Penile involvement in AL amyloidosis is rare and thus often not considered in the differential diagnosis for
Crystal Lihong Yan +3 more
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Expert recommendation from the Swiss Amyloidosis Network (SAN) for systemic AL-amyloidosis
Swiss Medical Weekly, 2020 Systemic amyloidosis is a heterogeneous group of diseases associated with protein misfolding into insoluble beta-sheet rich structures that deposit extracellularly in different organs, eventually compromising their function.
Rahel Schwotzer +42 more
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Difficulties in diagnosis of primary AL-amyloidosis
Онкогематология, 2021 Objective of the study: analysis of AL-amyloidosis (AL-A) diagnostics in real clinical practice and to determine the main approaches for the earlier detection of this disease.Materials and methods.
V. A. Khyshova +3 more
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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2012 Definition of the disease AL amyloidosis results from extra-cellular deposition of fibril-forming monoclonal immunoglobulin (Ig) light chains (LC) (most commonly of lambda isotype) usually secreted by a small plasma cell clone.
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Evaluation of peripheral amyloid neuropathy
Неврология, нейропсихиатрия, психосоматика, 2021 Symptoms of peripheral nervous system (PNS) damage are common clinical manifestations of systemic amyloidosis. Peripheral amyloid neuropathy is characterized by a progressive course, leading to the disability of patients; however, the current ...
O. E. Zinovyeva +4 more
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Strong positive light chain immunostaining in a patient with transthyretin amyloidosis
Hematology, 2023 The two most common systemic amyloidosis types are immunoglobulin light chain (AL) and amyloid transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis, in which the precursor proteins responsible for amyloidosis are light chain and transthyretin, respectively.
Jiao Chen +5 more
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Severe Obstructive Cholestasis and Hypercalcemia Caused by Light-Chain Amyloidosis: A Case Report [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2022 Gastrointestinal amyloidosis is a condition caused by the deposition of extracellular protein fragments. It can be associated with complex and diverse pathways and can have numerous manifestations and etiologies.
Zahra Davoudi +3 more
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Hepatology Communications, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract Hepatocellular adenomas (HCAs) are benign liver tumors associated with bleeding or malignant transformation. Data on the indication for surgery are scarce. We analyzed indications and outcome of patients operated for HCAs < 50 mm compared to HCAs ≥ 50 mm. Changes in final postoperative diagnosis were assessed.
Martijn P. D. Haring +70 more
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Journal of Medical Science, 2016 Amyloidosis is a heterogeneous group of disorders associated with pathological deposition of amyloid. We can recognize two major categories of amyloidosis: primary (AL) and secondary (AA) type.
Agnieszka Danuta Gaczkowska +2 more
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Dermatologica Sinica, 2018 Mucocutaneous lesion appears in up to 40% of patients with primary systemic amyloidosis (AL amyloidosis). The cutaneous signs may be co-expressed with other organ involvement or even solely presented as the first clue.
Yin-Shuo Chang +4 more
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