Eosinophilia and symptomatic pulmonary amyloidosis.
The case of a man with progressive breathlessness and pulmonary infiltration caused by AL amyloidosis associated with multiple myeloma is presented. There was a marked peripheral eosinophilia, which has not previously been described with amyloidosis.
Haydar
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Renal and Transplantation Unit, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, London, UK.
Li
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Hilton
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Lams
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B
Hangartner
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Weber
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M
Goldsmith
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D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications*