Histological beta-2-microglobulin amyloidosis 10 years after a successful renal transplantation.
In a patient successfully transplanted 10 years earlier, we confirm that wrist and shoulder bone cysts, present at the time of transplantation, remain unchanged in size and number and demonstrate, for the first time, that they still contain beta-2-microglobulin (beta2m) amyloid. Regression of beta2m amyloid deposits in bone cysts disappears, if at all, very slowly.
Jadoul
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Department of Nephrology, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, University of Louvain Medical School, Brussels, Belgium.
Noel
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Malghem
J
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Galant
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van Ypersele de Strihou
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C
D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D001845:Bone Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012785:Shoulder Joint; D013997:Time Factors; D014955:Wrist Joint; D001613:beta 2-Microglobulin / Q000378:metabolism*
D001613:beta 2-Microglobulin