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Thoracic amyloidomas: Two case reports of an evasive diagnosis

Amyloidosis is a rare differential diagnosis of a mass detected in the chest. Amyloidoma is caused by a local proliferation of clonal B-cells secreting an unstable immunoglobulin light chain which accumulates. FDG-PET scan are useful but not specific. Treatment is generally by local resection for tr...

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Autores principales: Cresner, Rosie, Mahmood, Shameem, Chen, Jane, Rowan, Camilla, Wechalekar, Ashutosh D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4100224/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25057399
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2054270414527280