title: Vulvar paraneoplastic amyloidosis with the appearance of a vulvar carcinoma.
abstract: Nodular cutaneous amyloidosis of the vulva is a rare phenomenon. We describe a patient with localized nodular lesions on the vulva that mimicked kissing ulcers such as are seen with vulvar carcinoma. These lesions were a result of multiple myeloma with subsequent primary systemic amyloidosis. The patient died of cardiac and renal decompensation 2 months after diagnosis.
authors: Departments of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Dermatology, and Internal Medicine, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
authors: J H
authors: JH
authors: Persoons
authors: F J
authors: FJ
authors: Sutorius
authors: R J
authors: RJ
authors: Koopman
authors: M R
authors: MR
authors: Schaafsma
authors: G A
authors: GA
authors: van Doorn
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications*; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D014845:Vulvar Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*