Amyloid myopathy and myeloma: response to treatment.
نویسندگان
چکیده
A 57 year old female presented with an amyloid myopathy in association with lambda light chain myeloma. Treatment with melphalan and prednisolone resulted in remission of both myeloma and myopathy.
منابع مشابه
سل ستون فقرات اولین تظاهر بالینی بیمار مبتلا به میلوم متعدد: گزارش موردی
Background: Patients with hematologic malignancies are at risk of advanced tuberculosis. The prevalence of tuberculosis between these patients is 2.1- 2.6 percent. The cellular immune deficiency caused by hematologic malignancies and or its treatment increases the risk of tuberculosis in these patients. Multiple Myeloma is malignant proliferations of plasma cells that involves different classes...
متن کاملPRIMARY LOCALIZED RETROPERITONEAL AMYLOID TUMOR WITH OSSEOUS META PLASIA: CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Amyloidoma or amyloid tumor is a tumor-like localized deposit of amyloid encountered occasionally in association with multiple myeloma, various chronic inflammatory diseases and primary amyloidosis. Amyloid tumors unassociated with plasmacytoma or other disease are extremely rare in soft tissues and few cases in various situations have been reported. Histologic examination discloses amorp...
متن کاملبررسی پاسخ به درمان با آرسنیک تری‌اکسید در بیماران میلوم متعدد مقاوم به درمان
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal" mso-tsty...
متن کاملThermal Stability Threshold for Amyloid Formation in Light Chain Amyloidosis
Light chain (AL) amyloidosis is a devastating disease characterized by amyloid deposits formed by immunoglobulin light chains. Current available treatments involve conventional chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplant. We have recently concluded a phase III trial comparing these two treatments. AL amyloidosis patients who achieve hematological complete response (CR) do not necessarily a...
متن کاملProximal weakness of the extremities as main feature of amyloid myopathy.
Two patients with muscle weakness caused by amyloid myopathy are described. Characteristic features such as pseudohypertrophy and abnormal firmness, and tumours of muscles were absent. It is suggested that muscle weakness in amyloid myopathy is caused by layers of amyloid covering muscle fibres. In middle aged or elderly patients with proximal muscle weakness the diagnosis of amyloid myopathy s...
متن کاملذخیره 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 ناماگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید
ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Postgraduate medical journal
دوره 63 736 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1987