Primary Systemic Amyloidosis With Exclusive Involvement of the Tongue as an Exceptional Cause of Dysphagia
| Autor: | Santiago Nieto, Eduardo Raboso García-Baquero, Adolfo Hinojar Gutiérrez, Fernando Mera Menéndez, Solssiree Álvarez Carrillo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Tongue Diseases Dysarthria Fatal Outcome Tongue Weight loss Biopsy medicine Humans Aged medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Amyloidosis General Medicine medicine.disease Dermatology Dysphagia Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Tongue disease Female medicine.symptom Deglutition Disorders business Primary systemic amyloidosis |
| Zdroj: | Acta Otorrinolaringologica (English Edition). 59:469-471 |
| ISSN: | 2173-5735 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s2173-5735(08)70274-6 |
| Popis: | We present a 73-year-old woman with progressive dysphagia and dysarthria over two years associated with systemic symptoms including weight loss, asthenia and dyspnoea. Biopsy of the tongue demonstrated amyloid AL deposits. The immunohistochemical study showed a notable positiveness to antibodies for L-kappa chains. The patient died 6 months after diagnosis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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