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Pulmonary Alveolar—Septal Amyloidosis Associated with Pulmonary Tuberculosis and an Unusual Paraproteinaemia
Author(s) -
Bye P. T. P.,
Gianoutsos P.,
Jelihovsky T.,
Clancy R. L.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1979.tb04144.x
Subject(s) - medicine , plasma cell dyscrasia , amyloidosis , pathology , dyscrasia , lung , amyloid (mycology) , pulmonary tuberculosis , tuberculosis , plasma cell , immunology , antibody , immunoglobulin light chain , bone marrow
Summary: A patient is described who presented with mixed obstructive and restrictive lung disease, shown to be due to deposition of amyloid in an alveolar‐septal distribution. An association with a plasma cell dyscrasia and pulmonary tuberculosis is discussed, as is the need for early diagnosis and a trial of aggressive cytotoxic therapy in primary amyloidosis.