Pulmonary alveolar--septal amyloidosis associated with pulmonary tuberculosis and an unusual paraproteinaemia.
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.
D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D010265:Paraproteinemias / Q000150:complications*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis
D007075:Immunoglobulin M