title: A case of psoriasis with secondary amyloidosis, associated symbrachydactyly of the hand and a transverse deficiency of the foot.
abstract: Secondary amyloidosis is associated with a variety of chronic inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, familial Mediterranean fever, osteomyelitis, inflammatory bowel diseases and infective or neoplastic conditions. Few cases of secondary amyloidosis complicating psoriasis have been reported. We describe a 58-year-old patient with secondary amyloidosis, psoriasis, an associated symbrachydactyly of the hand and a transverse deficiency of the foot. To the best of our knowledge, no case of this association has been previously reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Balzani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pagnotta
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Montesi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gravante
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nicoli
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cervelli
mesh_terms: D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005532:Foot Deformities, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006228:Hand Deformities, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D013576:Syndactyly / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis