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.
Department of Dermatology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan. yfujita@med.hokudai.ac.jp
Yasuyuki
Y
Fujita
Yukiko
Y
Tsuji-Abe
Kazuko C
KC
Sato-Matsumura
Masashi
M
Akiyama
Hiroshi
H
Shimizu
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