A Tongue Lesion as a Sign of a Systemic Disease

Amyloidosis is the extracellular fibril deposition of a variety of proteins, many of which circulate as plasma ingredients. It is a disease difficult to identify due to its nonspecific symptoms and manifestations. Amyloidosis of the tongue, either isolated or part of the systemic disease, is rare an...

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Autores principales: Liakou, Chrysoula I., Koh, Joan, Tsimpidakis, Antonios, Rios, Katrina, Paskalis, Charalabos, Pipilis, Athanasios, Kantianis, Dimitrios, Georgiadis, Thomas, Razis, Evangelia
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Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4820584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27092182
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6723575
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author Liakou, Chrysoula I.
Koh, Joan
Tsimpidakis, Antonios
Rios, Katrina
Paskalis, Charalabos
Pipilis, Athanasios
Kantianis, Dimitrios
Georgiadis, Thomas
Razis, Evangelia
author_facet Liakou, Chrysoula I.
Koh, Joan
Tsimpidakis, Antonios
Rios, Katrina
Paskalis, Charalabos
Pipilis, Athanasios
Kantianis, Dimitrios
Georgiadis, Thomas
Razis, Evangelia
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description Amyloidosis is the extracellular fibril deposition of a variety of proteins, many of which circulate as plasma ingredients. It is a disease difficult to identify due to its nonspecific symptoms and manifestations. Amyloidosis of the tongue, either isolated or part of the systemic disease, is rare and its features resemble those of a tumor. We report the case of a patient with amyloidosis who presented with a tongue lesion, weakness, nonspecific arthritis, and dyspnea on exertion that resulted in multiorgan system failure.
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spelling pubmed-48205842016-04-18 A Tongue Lesion as a Sign of a Systemic Disease Liakou, Chrysoula I. Koh, Joan Tsimpidakis, Antonios Rios, Katrina Paskalis, Charalabos Pipilis, Athanasios Kantianis, Dimitrios Georgiadis, Thomas Razis, Evangelia Case Rep Med Case Report Amyloidosis is the extracellular fibril deposition of a variety of proteins, many of which circulate as plasma ingredients. It is a disease difficult to identify due to its nonspecific symptoms and manifestations. Amyloidosis of the tongue, either isolated or part of the systemic disease, is rare and its features resemble those of a tumor. We report the case of a patient with amyloidosis who presented with a tongue lesion, weakness, nonspecific arthritis, and dyspnea on exertion that resulted in multiorgan system failure. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-03-22 /pmc/articles/PMC4820584/ /pubmed/27092182 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6723575 Text en Copyright © 2016 Chrysoula I. Liakou et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Liakou, Chrysoula I.
Koh, Joan
Tsimpidakis, Antonios
Rios, Katrina
Paskalis, Charalabos
Pipilis, Athanasios
Kantianis, Dimitrios
Georgiadis, Thomas
Razis, Evangelia
A Tongue Lesion as a Sign of a Systemic Disease
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title_short A Tongue Lesion as a Sign of a Systemic Disease
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4820584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27092182
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6723575
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