title: Ptosis and dermatochalasis as presenting signs in a case of occult primary systemic amyloidosis (AL).
abstract: Amyloidosis (AL) is a disease characterized by the extracellular deposition of a complex glycoprotein, part of which is derived from light chains of immunoglobulins. The ocular adnexa can be involved in both systemic primary amyloidosis (AL), usually associated with multiple myeloma or other immunologic disorders, or in a localized form without such systemic implications. We present the case report of a 65-year-old man in whom occult primary systemic amyloidosis (AL), associated with a monoclonal IgG-kappa gammopathy, occurred with presenting signs of ptosis and dermatochalasis secondary to infiltration of the extraocular and orbicularis oculi muscles with amyloid.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications*; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003483:Cutis Laxa / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006942:Hypergammaglobulinemia / Q000150:complications*; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains