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Amyloidosis: A story of how inframammary erosions eclipsed inconspicuous periorbital ecchymoses()()

Systemic amyloidosis is a rare disease that can be rapidly progressive due to widespread organ involvement. There are well-described renal, cardiac, pulmonary, neurological, and dermatologic findings. Here, we outline one patient’s experience with the condition from presentation to making the diagno...

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Autores principales: Kelsey, Andrew, Smith, Diane H., Meng, Joyce, Murphy, Michael, Rothe, Marti J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5412114/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28491996
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijwd.2015.11.001
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description Systemic amyloidosis is a rare disease that can be rapidly progressive due to widespread organ involvement. There are well-described renal, cardiac, pulmonary, neurological, and dermatologic findings. Here, we outline one patient’s experience with the condition from presentation to making the diagnosis. She presented with pathognomonic dermatologic findings including pinch purpura and ecchymoses found in the skin folds.
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spelling pubmed-54121142017-05-10 Amyloidosis: A story of how inframammary erosions eclipsed inconspicuous periorbital ecchymoses()() Kelsey, Andrew Smith, Diane H. Meng, Joyce Murphy, Michael Rothe, Marti J. Int J Womens Dermatol Article Systemic amyloidosis is a rare disease that can be rapidly progressive due to widespread organ involvement. There are well-described renal, cardiac, pulmonary, neurological, and dermatologic findings. Here, we outline one patient’s experience with the condition from presentation to making the diagnosis. She presented with pathognomonic dermatologic findings including pinch purpura and ecchymoses found in the skin folds. Elsevier 2016-03-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5412114/ /pubmed/28491996 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijwd.2015.11.001 Text en © 2016 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title Amyloidosis: A story of how inframammary erosions eclipsed inconspicuous periorbital ecchymoses()()
title_full Amyloidosis: A story of how inframammary erosions eclipsed inconspicuous periorbital ecchymoses()()
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