title: Nodular localized primary cutaneous amyloidosis: a long-term follow-up study.
abstract: We present long-term follow-up data on patients with nodular localized primary cutaneous amyloidosis (NLPCA) seen at the St John's Institute of Dermatology between 1968 and 1999. This is the largest clinical follow-up study of this type of amyloid to date. Based on these cases we estimate the rate of progression of NLPCA to systemic amyloidosis to be only 7%, much lower than the 50% rate currently quoted in the literature.
authors.affiliation: St John's Institute of Dermatology, The Guy's, King's College and St Thomas' Medical and Dental Schools, University of London, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Woollons
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Black
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000473:pathology*; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology*