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A Rare Case of Amyloidoma of the Chest Wall Presented with Fever of Unknown Origin

Amyloidoma of the chest wall is an uncommon entity, consisting of a solitary tumor-like deposit of amyloid. Until now, while rarely reported, it was mostly presented with back pain and swelling. Here, we report the first case of a chest wall amyloidoma initially presented with fever of unknown origi...

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Autores principales: Huang, Hsien-Po, Tsai, Shang-Feng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9032845/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35453954
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12040906
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description Amyloidoma of the chest wall is an uncommon entity, consisting of a solitary tumor-like deposit of amyloid. Until now, while rarely reported, it was mostly presented with back pain and swelling. Here, we report the first case of a chest wall amyloidoma initially presented with fever of unknown origin. Due to the rarity of the lesion as a primary entity, protein electrophoresis and long-term follow-up are required. In addition, patients undergoing long-term hemodialysis are particularly at risk for such acquired amyloidosis. However, soft-tissue tumors, considered as amyloidoma, is also rare in patients with long-term hemodialysis. For patients with a fever of unknown primary origin, clinicians should keep amyloidoma in mind, especially in high-risk populations.
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spelling pubmed-90328452022-04-23 A Rare Case of Amyloidoma of the Chest Wall Presented with Fever of Unknown Origin Huang, Hsien-Po Tsai, Shang-Feng Diagnostics (Basel) Case Report Amyloidoma of the chest wall is an uncommon entity, consisting of a solitary tumor-like deposit of amyloid. Until now, while rarely reported, it was mostly presented with back pain and swelling. Here, we report the first case of a chest wall amyloidoma initially presented with fever of unknown origin. Due to the rarity of the lesion as a primary entity, protein electrophoresis and long-term follow-up are required. In addition, patients undergoing long-term hemodialysis are particularly at risk for such acquired amyloidosis. However, soft-tissue tumors, considered as amyloidoma, is also rare in patients with long-term hemodialysis. For patients with a fever of unknown primary origin, clinicians should keep amyloidoma in mind, especially in high-risk populations. MDPI 2022-04-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9032845/ /pubmed/35453954 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12040906 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_sort rare case of amyloidoma of the chest wall presented with fever of unknown origin
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9032845/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35453954
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12040906
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