Local amyloidosis in the hard palate: a case report.
Amyloidosis is a rare disease of multifactorial pathogenesis. Localized amyloidosis of the palate is extremely rare and only four cases have been reported. We present the fifth case in which amyloidosis occurred as a nodule in the hard palate of a 74-year-old woman. The nodule was diagnosed as amyloid light-chain amyloidosis. Further investigations did not show systemic involvement. The patient was kept under observation and during 17 months of follow-up had no progression of the lesion and systemic amyloidosis did not develop.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8575, Japan.
Junko
J
Aono
Kenji
K
Yamagata
Hiroshi
H
Yoshida
D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001706:Biopsy; D004396:Coloring Agents; D003224:Congo Red; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007571:Jaw Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D021362:Palate, Hard / Q000473:pathology*
D004396:Coloring Agents; D003224:Congo Red