Localized insulin-dependent amyloidosis with scar-tissue formation

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...

primary localized conjunctival amyloidosis presenting with unilateral ptosis

purpose : primary localized amyloidosis of eyelid is a localized type of amyloidosis without evidence of systemic involvement, which is a quite rare clinical condition. here we report a case of primary localized amyloidosis of eyelid. case report : a 40-year-old woman presented with a four-month history of swelling of the left upper eyelid resulting in a mechanical ptosis. the mass had a firm b...

Oral Localized Amyloidosis

Localized Amyloidosis at the Site of Repeated Insulin Injection in a Patient With Type 2 Diabetes

We present the case of a 69-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus who developed severe insulin resistance associated with insulin injections into a subcutaneous mass formed by repeated injections into the same site over many years. The patient (height, 150 cm; weight, 79 kg; BMI, 35.1 kg/m) was admitted to Tenri Hospital with severe insulin resistance. She was undergoing insulin therapy ...

Localized mediastinal amyloidosis: A misnomer?

Amyloidosis is a disease related to abnormal protein folding and deposition of that abnormal protein between cells of the body in various tissues and organs, resulting in multiple clinical manifestations. We report a case of amyloidosis with atypical features, isolated to the mediastinum, in a 75-year-old male who presented with fatigue and shortness of breath. Amyloidosis that is isolated to t...