Nasopharyngeal amyloidoma with osteolytic lesions leading to diagnosis of systemic light‐chain amyloidosis

Amyloidomas of the head and neck region are uncommon and generally considered a benign localized form of amyloidosis. Here, we describe “the unusual case of a young man” with a nasopharyngeal mass and osteolytic lesions caused by systemic light‐chain amyloidosis treated successfully with a combined...

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Autores principales: Susanibar‐Adaniya, Sandra, Mathur, Pankaj, Henrich Lobo, Rodolfo, Alapat, Daisy, Kumar, Manoj, Heuck, Christoph, Thanendrarajan, Sharmilan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5458039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28588817
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.922
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Sumario:Amyloidomas of the head and neck region are uncommon and generally considered a benign localized form of amyloidosis. Here, we describe “the unusual case of a young man” with a nasopharyngeal mass and osteolytic lesions caused by systemic light‐chain amyloidosis treated successfully with a combined surgical and chemotherapy approach.

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