[Diffuse tracheo-bronchial amyloidosis].
The case of a 52 year old man, whose initial clinical manifestations were dyspnea, bloodstained sputum and malaise is reported. After the initial cancer hypothesis, a diagnosis of diffuse primary tracheo-bronchial amyloidosis was made. The amyloid substance present was not of A A type and the plasma cells next to the deposits were polyclonal. The piece-meal removal of the masses by bronchoscopy led to profuse bleeding. The patient died with sepsis. The clinical, pathological and therapeutical aspects of lower respiratory tract amyloidosis are reviewed.
Monteiro
J F
JF
Serviço de Anatomia Patológica, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisboa.
Moita
L
L
de Almeida
A B
AB
Freitas e Costa
M
M
Fernandes
A C
AC
D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000473:pathology*; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*
Amiloidose traqueo-brônquica difusa.