title: Senile systemic amyloidosis presenting as bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome.
abstract: A 74-year-old woman who had developed numbness in both hands was diagnosed as having bilateral carpal and right cubital tunnel syndrome and underwent bilateral carpal and right cubital tunnel release. Transthyretin immunoreactive amyloid deposits were seen on specimens and were also detected in gastric, duodenal and ileal mucosal biopsies. The transthyretin gene analysis showed no mutation. This is a rare case of senile systemic amyloidosis presenting as carpal tunnel syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan. y-takei@hsp.md.shinshu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yo-ichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takei
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: Takahisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gono
authors.forename: Takahiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tokuda
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saitoh
authors.forename: Yoshinobu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hoshii
authors.forename: Shu-ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ikeda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011228:Prealbumin / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D011228:Prealbumin