Primary amyloidosis of the larynx.

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    Introduction: Amyloidosis is an idiopathic disorder characterized by amyloid deposition leading to tissue damage and disease. Laryngeal amyloidosis is usually a localized phenomenon that is rarely accompanied by systemic involvement. Hoarseness is its most common symptom and the clinical findings in laryngoscopy are variable, nonspecific and difficult to be distinguished from other laryngea...

Isolated Laryngeal Amyloidosis

A case of primary systemic amyloidosis with nail dystrophy

We hereby report a 79-year-old Iranian man presenting with nail dystrophy and subsequent development of purpuric and ecchymotic plaques, hemorrhagic bullae, and infiltrated papules on the head, neck and trunk. Histological examination of the gingiva, bone marrow aspiration, and biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of primary systemic amyloidosis. In this case, nail dystrophy was the presenting sign o...

Primary Localized Vesical Amyloidosis Mimicking Bladder Carcinoma: A Case Report

Amyloidosis of urinary bladder is a rare condition and may be primary or secondary in nature. A case of primary localized vesical amyloidosis (VA) in a 40-yr-old man is described confused with neoplasm by cystoscopic, urographic. Surgical specimens obtained by transurethral resection (TUR) were diagnostic and histologically revealed amyloid deposits in sub-epithelial stroma with chronic inflamm...

CASE REPORTS Primary amyloidosis of the larynx

Primary laryngeal amyloidosis is a rare benign disease of unknown aetiology. It can present with dysphonia or stridor. A woman presenting with airway compromise, who required a tracheostomy, is reported. (Postgrad Med J 2000;76:364–365)