The Hidden Cost of Untreated Paragangliomas of the Head and Neck: Systemic Reactive (AA) Amyloidosis

نویسندگان

  • Erkan Dervisoglu
  • Murat Ozturk
  • Mehmet Tuncay
  • Gulhatun Kilic Dervisoglu
  • Yesim Gurbuz
  • Serhan Derin
چکیده

We report a case of a 51-year-old man who was diagnosed with systemic reactive (AA) amyloidosis in association with untreated glomus jugulare and glomus caroticum tumors. He refused radiotherapy and renal replacement therapy. Paragangliomas, although rare, should be considered one of the tumors that can result in AA amyloidosis.

برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید

ثبت نام

اگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید

منابع مشابه

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...

متن کامل

AA Amylodisis Associated with Jugular Paraganglioma as a Rare Cause of Chronic Diarrhea

We report a case of a 64-year-old man with chronic diarrhea who was diagnosed of a systemic reactive (AA) amyloidosis associated with a jugular paraganglioma. This neoplasm was diagnosed 30 years previously and it was not removed after extensive evaluation by a multidisciplinary team. Chronic inflammatory diseases are the major cause of AA amyloidosis. However, benign tumors, such as jugular pa...

متن کامل

Empirical use of anakinra in AA amyloidosis of uncertain aetiology

Introduction AA amyloidosis is a serious complication of uncontrolled inflammation, which if left untreated will progress to renal failure and death. Effective suppression of the underlying inflammatory condition can halt organ damage or even lead to improved organ function. However, in 7% of our cohort the underlying inflammatory disease remains uncharacterised, creating a dilemma as to the ch...

متن کامل

Pulmonary nodules due to reactive systemic amyloidosis (AA) in Crohn's disease.

Multiple nodules of AA (reactive systemic) amyloid were identified at necropsy in the lungs of a patient with Crohn's disease. No other organs were involved. Nodular pulmonary amyloidosis is usually caused by deposition of AL (primary) amyloid.

متن کامل

Nasopharyngeal amyloidosis: an unusual cause of unilateral hearing loss

Amyloidosis is typically a systemic depositional disease, diagnosed on clinical symptoms and signs in conjunction with histopathology. When occurring on a localized basis in the head and neck, the lesion is most commonly observed in the larynx. Primary localized nasal amyloidosis however is an uncommon finding, with 25 reported cases in the literature to date. We present the case of a young wom...

متن کامل

ذخیره در منابع من


  با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید

برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید

ثبت نام

اگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید

عنوان ژورنال:

دوره 2015  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015