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Extensive nodular cutaneous amyloidosis: an unusual presentation
Author(s) -
Criado PR,
Silva CS,
Vasconcellos C,
Valente NYS,
Maito JB
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of the european academy of dermatology and venereology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.655
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1468-3083
pISSN - 0926-9959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2004.01182.x
Subject(s) - medicine , amyloidosis , pathology , presentation (obstetrics) , amyloid (mycology) , dermatology , radiology
Amyloidosis is characterized by the deposition of a group of unrelated proteins leading to changes in tissue architecture and function. The nodular variant is the rarest form of the cutaneous amyloidoses. We report a patient with localized nodular amyloidosis without systemic amyloid involvement or paraproteinaemia after 6 years of follow‐up. The unusual aspects of our case were a plaque presentation rather than nodular, and the disseminated pattern observed.