Nasopharyngeal amyloidosis: an unusual cause of unilateral hearing loss

Amyloidosis is typically a systemic depositional disease, diagnosed on clinical symptoms and signs in conjunction with histopathology. When occurring on a localized basis in the head and neck, the lesion is most commonly observed in the larynx. Primary localized nasal amyloidosis however is an uncom...

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Autores principales: Mirza, A.H., El-Shunnar, Suliman, Sama, Anshul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2013
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3789629/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24964411
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjs048
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author Mirza, A.H.
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Sama, Anshul
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description Amyloidosis is typically a systemic depositional disease, diagnosed on clinical symptoms and signs in conjunction with histopathology. When occurring on a localized basis in the head and neck, the lesion is most commonly observed in the larynx. Primary localized nasal amyloidosis however is an uncommon finding, with 25 reported cases in the literature to date. We present the case of a young woman presenting with primary localized nasal amyloidosis secondary to the curious symptoms of unilateral hearing loss.
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spelling pubmed-37896292013-10-22 Nasopharyngeal amyloidosis: an unusual cause of unilateral hearing loss Mirza, A.H. El-Shunnar, Suliman Sama, Anshul J Surg Case Rep Case Reports Amyloidosis is typically a systemic depositional disease, diagnosed on clinical symptoms and signs in conjunction with histopathology. When occurring on a localized basis in the head and neck, the lesion is most commonly observed in the larynx. Primary localized nasal amyloidosis however is an uncommon finding, with 25 reported cases in the literature to date. We present the case of a young woman presenting with primary localized nasal amyloidosis secondary to the curious symptoms of unilateral hearing loss. Oxford University Press 2013-02 2013-02-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3789629/ /pubmed/24964411 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjs048 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2013. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com.
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Nasopharyngeal amyloidosis: an unusual cause of unilateral hearing loss
title Nasopharyngeal amyloidosis: an unusual cause of unilateral hearing loss
title_full Nasopharyngeal amyloidosis: an unusual cause of unilateral hearing loss
title_fullStr Nasopharyngeal amyloidosis: an unusual cause of unilateral hearing loss
title_full_unstemmed Nasopharyngeal amyloidosis: an unusual cause of unilateral hearing loss
title_short Nasopharyngeal amyloidosis: an unusual cause of unilateral hearing loss
title_sort nasopharyngeal amyloidosis: an unusual cause of unilateral hearing loss
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3789629/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24964411
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjs048
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