[Tracheobronchial amyloidosis. A rare form of amyloidosis restricted to the lower respiratory tract].
We describe an 83-year-old man with diffuse tracheobronchial amyloidosis presenting with pneumonia, against a background of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The condition continued with intermittent episodes of obstruction for 2 years after diagnosis and the patient died after upper digestive tract hemorrhage. Monoclonally was never demonstrated.
Onrubia
J A
JA
Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Universitario de San Juan, Alicante.
Mayol
M J
MJ
Martínez
C
C
Marco
J
J
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001706:Biopsy; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*
Amiloidosis traqueobronquial. Una forma infrecuente de amiloidosis restringida al tracto respiratorio inferior.