High attenuation lymphadenopathy caused by amyloidosis.
We describe a patient with generalized lymphadenopathy due to amyloidosis which showed on computed tomography as masses with high attenuation. Haemorrhage within lymph nodes caused by vascular amyloid deposition was confirmed at autopsy.
Fukuda
T
T
Department of Radiology, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan.
Takao
M
M
Uchida
T
T
Iwanaga
S
S
Hayashi
K
K
Okimoto
T
T
D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed