Tracheobronchial amyloidosis with hilar lymphadenopathy associated with a serum monoclonal immunoglobulin.
We report a case of amyloidosis, restricted to the lower respiratory tract, with prominent tracheobronchial involvement and bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, associated with a monoclonal serum protein of the immunoglobulin G (IgG) lambda type. The careful search for an extrathoracic site of involvement was negative. This particular association has not been reported previously.
Crestani
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Pulmonology Unit, Hôpital Avicenne, Bobigny, France.
Monnier
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A
Kambouchner
M
M
Battesti
J P
JP
Reynaud
P
P
Valeyre
D
D
D000328:Adult; D000682:Amyloid / Q000032:analysis; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications*; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007146:Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains / Q000032:analysis*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000150:complications*
D000682:Amyloid; D007146:Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains