title: Tracheobronchomalacia due to amyloidosis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: In this case report, we describe a patient with longstanding rheumatoid arthritis who developed tracheobronchomalacia with fatal outcome. Despite negative antemortem biopsies of abdominal fat and tongue, amyloid was found postmortem in the trachea and appeared to be associated with tracheobronchomalacia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. f.turkstra@janvanbreemen.nl
authors.forename: Franktien
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Turkstra
authors.forename: Rico N P M
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Rinkel
authors.forename: Hagen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Biermann
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: van der Valk
authors.forename: Alexandre E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Voskuyl
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001706:Biopsy; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014132:Trachea / Q000473:pathology*