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Bone lesions in primary amyloidosis
Author(s) -
Khojasteh Ali,
Arnold Lowry K.,
Farhangi Mehdi
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
american journal of hematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.456
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1096-8652
pISSN - 0361-8609
DOI - 10.1002/ajh.2830070110
Subject(s) - amyloidosis , medicine , pathological , pathology , lytic cycle , skeleton (computer programming) , multiple myeloma , bone marrow , anatomy , immunology , virus
Abstract Amyloidosis primarily involving bone is described in a 59‐year‐old male patient. Well circumscribed lytic lesions of the skeleton raised the possibility of myelomatosis. The prolonged insidious course of the disease was uncomplicated by hypercalcemia, pathological fracture, or hematologic abnormalities. The clinical course, together with histological findings and strongly positive bone scan, were the distinguishing features. The osseous manifestation without plasma cell tumor appears to be a rare occurrence in amyloidosis.