Recurrent petechial hemorrhages and hemorrhagic vesicles of the oral mucosa.
The foregoing case is an example of amyloidosis in which biopsy of a hemorrhagic vesicle on the buccal mucosa established the diagnosis. Once the diagnosis was made, the patient's cardiomyopathy, nephrotic syndrome, hepatomegaly, GI hemorrhage, hematuria, and oral lesions readily were explained.
D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*; D006472:Oral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology