Manifestaciones cutáneas de amiloidosis sistémica como clave diagnóstica: Caso clínico

Background: Systemic amyloidosis is a rare disease that can affect any organ. Its clinical manifestations are varied and nonspecific. The skin involvement of this disease is common and can be easily recognized on physical examination. We report a 57-year-old male presenting with a two years history...

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Autores principales:	Fich S,Félix, Chahuán Y,Marco, Farías N,Mª Magdalena, Cárdenas D,Consuelo, Abarzúa A,Álvaro, Araya C,Gabriela, González B,Sergio
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2012
Materias:	Amyloid Amyloidosis Skin diseases
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0034-988720120004000112013-11-06Manifestaciones cutáneas de amiloidosis sistémica como clave diagnóstica: Caso clínicoFich S,FélixChahuán Y,MarcoFarías N,Mª MagdalenaCárdenas D,ConsueloAbarzúa A,ÁlvaroAraya C,GabrielaGonzález B,Sergio Amyloid Amyloidosis Skin diseases Background: Systemic amyloidosis is a rare disease that can affect any organ. Its clinical manifestations are varied and nonspecific. The skin involvement of this disease is common and can be easily recognized on physical examination. We report a 57-year-old male presenting with a two years history of malaise, dyspnea and myalgias. On physical examination, ungueal dystrophy, orange pigmentation of eyelids with periocular petechiae and mild macroglossia were observed. Incisional biopsies of the eyelids, cheeks and hands were obtained. The pathological study demonstrated amyloid deposits. Since protein electrophoresis was normal, the diagnosis of AA amyloidosis was postulated.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.140 n.4 20122012-04-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872012000400011es10.4067/S0034-98872012000400011
institution	Scielo Chile
collection	Scielo Chile
language	Spanish / Castilian
topic	Amyloid Amyloidosis Skin diseases
spellingShingle	Amyloid Amyloidosis Skin diseases Fich S,Félix Chahuán Y,Marco Farías N,Mª Magdalena Cárdenas D,Consuelo Abarzúa A,Álvaro Araya C,Gabriela González B,Sergio Manifestaciones cutáneas de amiloidosis sistémica como clave diagnóstica: Caso clínico
description	Background: Systemic amyloidosis is a rare disease that can affect any organ. Its clinical manifestations are varied and nonspecific. The skin involvement of this disease is common and can be easily recognized on physical examination. We report a 57-year-old male presenting with a two years history of malaise, dyspnea and myalgias. On physical examination, ungueal dystrophy, orange pigmentation of eyelids with periocular petechiae and mild macroglossia were observed. Incisional biopsies of the eyelids, cheeks and hands were obtained. The pathological study demonstrated amyloid deposits. Since protein electrophoresis was normal, the diagnosis of AA amyloidosis was postulated.
author	Fich S,Félix Chahuán Y,Marco Farías N,Mª Magdalena Cárdenas D,Consuelo Abarzúa A,Álvaro Araya C,Gabriela González B,Sergio
author_facet	Fich S,Félix Chahuán Y,Marco Farías N,Mª Magdalena Cárdenas D,Consuelo Abarzúa A,Álvaro Araya C,Gabriela González B,Sergio
author_sort	Fich S,Félix
title	Manifestaciones cutáneas de amiloidosis sistémica como clave diagnóstica: Caso clínico
title_short	Manifestaciones cutáneas de amiloidosis sistémica como clave diagnóstica: Caso clínico
title_full	Manifestaciones cutáneas de amiloidosis sistémica como clave diagnóstica: Caso clínico
title_fullStr	Manifestaciones cutáneas de amiloidosis sistémica como clave diagnóstica: Caso clínico
title_full_unstemmed	Manifestaciones cutáneas de amiloidosis sistémica como clave diagnóstica: Caso clínico
title_sort	manifestaciones cutáneas de amiloidosis sistémica como clave diagnóstica: caso clínico
publisher	Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate	2012
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872012000400011
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Manifestaciones cutáneas de amiloidosis sistémica como clave diagnóstica: Caso clínico

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