Ectropion and Conjunctival Mass in a Patient with Primary Bilateral Conjunctival Amyloidosis
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Ectropion and Conjunctival Mass in a Patient with Primary Bilateral Conjunctival Amyloidosis
Background. Amyloidosis is a group of disorders characterized by deposition of an extracellular protein, known as amyloid, in an abnormal fibrillar form with highly characteristic histopathologic staining properties. The clinical presentation can vary from a focal, localized lesion where amyloidosis has minor clinical consequences to extensive systemic disease that can involve any organ system ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2090-6722,2090-6730
DOI: 10.1155/2016/5610753