title: Congestive heart failure in a male with "carcinoma tongue": a case of mistaken identity.
abstract: We present a case of primary amyloidosis with macroglossia and restrictive cardiomopathy, that was mistakenly diagnosed as carcinoma of the tongue. He had characteristic echocardiographic findings, and bone marrow plasmacytosis but with normal serum electrophoresis and no Bence Jones proteins in the urine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, MGM Medical College, MY Hospital, Indore, MP.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bharani
authors.forename: C V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Kulkarni
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mathew
authors.forename: R K Bikramjeet
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001706:Biopsy; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008260:Macroglossia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*