Open AccessTracheobronchial amyloidosis managed with multimodality therapies
Author(s) -
Philip Sommer,
Gagan Kumar,
Randolph J. Lipchik,
Jayshil J. Patel
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
therapeutic advances in respiratory disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.022
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1753-4666
pISSN - 1753-4658
DOI - 10.1177/1753465814524470
Subject(s) - medicine , amyloidosis , amyloid (mycology) , pathology , respiratory tract , respiratory system
Amyloidosis is a systemic disease involving abnormal extracellular deposition of amyloid and autologous fibrillar protein material in β-pleated sheets. Accumulation of this abnormal protein leads to organ dysfunction, although respiratory tract involvement is rare. We present two cases of tracheobronchial amyloidosis successfully treated with surgery and radiation.
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