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PRIMARY LOCALIZED MACULAR, CUTANEOUS AMYLOIDOSIS: HISTOCHEMISTHY AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
Author(s) -
KURBAN AMAL K.,
MALAK JOHN A.,
AFIFI ADEL K.,
MIRE JOANNE
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1971.tb07179.x
Subject(s) - amyloidosis , pathology , medicine , dermatology
SUMMARY.— Six cases of macular cutaneous amyloidosis are reported. The dermatosis has been defined clinically, histologically, histochemically and ultrastructurally. It, like lichen amyloidosus, is a form of primary localized cutaneous amyloidosis. This variety occurs mainly in females and predominantly as pruritic plaques on the back, which are hyperpigmented, reticulated, macular, occasionally finely papular. The disorder enjoys a world‐wide distribution.