Combined Amyloidosis of the Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract
作者:
Christian Schulz,
Rainer W. Hauck,
Walter B.J. Nathrath,
Heinz W. Präuer,
Reinhold P. Linke,
Hans-Peter Emslander,
期刊:
Respiration
(Karger Available online 1995)
卷期:
Volume 62,
issue 3
页码: 163-166
ISSN:0025-7931
年代: 1995
DOI:10.1159/000196415
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Amyloidosis;Larynx;Respiratory tract;Bronchoscopy;Lung disease
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
Pulmonary and laryngeal manifestations of localized and organ-limited amyloidosis are sometimes seen, although pulmonary and laryngeotracheal amyloidosis are not always associated. Diagnosis can only be established histologically by the characteristic green birefringence in polarized light after Congo red staining and by immunohistochemical techniques. We describe the case of a 77-year-old woman who presented with hoarseness and an unproductive cough due to extensive amyloid deposits in both the upper and lower respiratory tract, immunohistochemically proven as the Aλ-type
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