Primary systemic amyloidosis: A rare cause for pleural effusion

Primary systemic amyloidosis with bloody pericardial effusion.

A 73-year-old woman was admitted due to exertional dyspnea. It was considered that a large amount of pericardial effusion caused diastolic heart failure; pericardial paracentesis showed bloody effusion. There were no findings of malignancy or other abnormal findings in the examination. Further examinations were planned but she died of ventricular tachycardia attack. Pathological autopsy reveale...

Primary Systemic Amyloidosis and the Dermatologist

Primary systemic amyloidosis is a rare disorder characterized by multisystemic homogenous hyaline amyloid material. We report a case of 68 years old male presented with generalized weakness, fatigue, anorexia and impaired taste sensation. Muco-cutaneous lesions like, macroglossia with bullous haemorrhagic lesions, peri-orbital purpura, and nail changes were present. He had no cardiomegaly, hepa...

Pleural effusion in AA amyloidosis - A rare involvement of a rare disease.

Amyloidosis and pleural disease.

Pleural involvement with systemic amyloidosis has been reported rarely in the literature. Diagnosis of this entity by percutaneous needle biopsy of the pleura has been described only in two prior case reports. We describe five patients in whom the diagnosis of pleural amyloidosis was established by Cope needle biopsy during evaluation of pleural effusions of indeterminate cause. Three patients ...

Amyloidosis with pleural involvement.

Although amyloidosis of the respiratory tract is well recognized, pleural involvement is very rare with only two cases being reported in the past. We report a case of primary amyloidosis with pleural effusion and suggest that pleural involvement and pleural effusion be added to the classification of pulmonary amyloidosis, and that amyloidosis be added to the list of causes of a pleural effusion.