Bence-Jones protein-type myeloma with amyloid myopathy presenting as amyloidomas and extensive amyloid deposits in the muscularis propria: A rapidly fatal autopsy case

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-88

  Ikezawa, Yoshiyasu ^a   Oka, Kuniyuki ^a   Nagayama, Reizo ^a   Okubo, Yuki ^a   Yonekawa, Nobuo ^a   Hirai, Futoshi ^a   Ebihara, Itaru ^a   Mori, Naoyoshi ^b  

^a MITO SAISEIKAI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Nakatsugawa City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

AL amyloidosis; amyloid myopathy; amyloidoma; Bence Jones protein type myeloma; propria muscularis of gastrointestinal tract; skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; BENCE JONES PROTEIN; CONGO RED; CREATININE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AMYLOID MYOPATHY; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAPHRAGM; DYSPHAGIA; EOSINOPHILIA; GAIT DISORDER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ILIOPSOAS MUSCLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; INGUINAL REGION; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; INTESTINE MUSCLE; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCULARIS PROPRIA; MYOPATHY; NECK MUSCLE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PAIN; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RECTUM; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; TONGUE; TUMOR GROWTH; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

AMYLOIDOSIS; AUTOPSY; BENCE JONES PROTEIN; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84859400518     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: 19402465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896911410690     Document Type: Article

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