Amyloid infiltration of the diaphragm as a cause of respiratory failure.
Respiratory involvement with amyloidosis typically involves the tracheobronchial tree or lung parenchyma. We describe a patient with systemic amyloidosis who was respirator-dependent because of extensive amyloid infiltration of the diaphragm, with no evidence of other pulmonary amyloidosis. Diaphragmatic myopathy from amyloid should be considered in respiratory failure in amyloidosis.
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Streeten
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de la Monte
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Kennedy
D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy