Diaphragmatic Amyloidosis Causing Respiratory Failure: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Neuromuscular respiratory failure is a rare complication of systemic immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis. We describe a case of a 70-year-old Caucasian man with multiple myeloma who presented with worsening dyspnea. The patient was diagnosed with and treated for congestive heart failure but conti...

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Autores principales: Novikov, Aleksey, Holzer, Horatio, DeSimone, Robert A., Abu-Zeinah, Ghaith, Pisapia, David J., Mark, Tomer M., Pastore, Raymond D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4637487/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26587302
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/917157

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4637487/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26587302
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/917157

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