Primary Systemic Amyloidosis Involving the Lacrimal Sac
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Primary Systemic Amyloidosis Involving the Lacrimal Sac
Dear Editor, Amyloidosis is a heterogeneous group of diseases characterized by extracellular amyloid deposits in different organs [1]. Deposition may occur secondary to a systemic disease or as primary amyloidosis in absence of a systemic disease. Periocular and orbital amyloidosis are rare, especially in the lacrimal apparatus. In South Korea, only 12 cases of amyloidosis have been reported, a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Korean Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1011-8942,2092-9382
DOI: 10.3341/kjo.2016.30.3.234