Shoulder pad and macroglossia: “two signs of AL amyloidosis”

“Shoulder pad” sign resulting from deposition of amyloid in the periarticular soft tissue is rare but it is pathognomonic for immunoglobulin amyloidosis (AL). Although the detection remains a challenge, it gives a strong clue leading to prompt diagnosis.

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Autores principales: Suganthan, Navaneethakrishnan, Navaradnam, Piratheepan, Sujanitha, Vathulan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Clinical Images
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7981695/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33768946
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3782
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spelling pubmed-79816952021-03-24 Shoulder pad and macroglossia: “two signs of AL amyloidosis” Suganthan, Navaneethakrishnan Navaradnam, Piratheepan Sujanitha, Vathulan Clin Case Rep Clinical Images “Shoulder pad” sign resulting from deposition of amyloid in the periarticular soft tissue is rare but it is pathognomonic for immunoglobulin amyloidosis (AL). Although the detection remains a challenge, it gives a strong clue leading to prompt diagnosis. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-01-19 /pmc/articles/PMC7981695/ /pubmed/33768946 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3782 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Suganthan, Navaneethakrishnan
Navaradnam, Piratheepan
Sujanitha, Vathulan
Shoulder pad and macroglossia: “two signs of AL amyloidosis”
title Shoulder pad and macroglossia: “two signs of AL amyloidosis”
title_full Shoulder pad and macroglossia: “two signs of AL amyloidosis”
title_fullStr Shoulder pad and macroglossia: “two signs of AL amyloidosis”
title_full_unstemmed Shoulder pad and macroglossia: “two signs of AL amyloidosis”
title_short Shoulder pad and macroglossia: “two signs of AL amyloidosis”
title_sort shoulder pad and macroglossia: “two signs of al amyloidosis”
topic Clinical Images
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7981695/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33768946
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3782
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