Nail dystrophy and blisters as sole manifestations in myeloma-associated amyloidosis.
We report the case of a 61-year-old Japanese man with IgG lambda-type multiple myeloma, who presented with nail dystrophy as the initial manifestation of systemic amyloidosis. Subsequently he developed bullous amyloidosis. This report documents these two rare signs of systemic amyloidosis and demonstrates the precise location of cutaneous blister formation and amyloid deposition by fluorescence antigen mapping and electron microscopy.
Fujita
Yasuyuki
Y
Department of Dermatology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan. yfujita@med.hokudai.ac.jp
Tsuji-Abe
Yukiko
Y
Sato-Matsumura
Kazuko C
KC
Akiyama
Masashi
M
Shimizu
Hiroshi
H
D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology