Multiple arterial and venous thromboembolic complications in AL amyloidosis and cardiac involvement: a case report and literature review

Amyloid ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 156-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Freeman ◽  
J. Mark Sloan ◽  
David C. Seldin ◽  
Andrew J. Cowan ◽  
Frederick L. Ruberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Cardiac Involvement ◽  
Al Amyloidosis ◽  
Thromboembolic Complications ◽  
Venous Thromboembolic

scholarly journals Systemic AL amyloidosis with high bone marrow plasma cells (BMPCs) infiltration: a case report and literature review

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. I 30-30
Author(s):  
Hui-Wen Wang ◽  
Rong Tang ◽  
Xiang-Cheng Xiao ◽  
Wei Liu ◽  
Morie A. Gertz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Plasma Cells ◽  
Al Amyloidosis ◽  
Bone Marrow Plasma ◽  
High Bone

Oropharyngeal and hypopharyngeal myxoma: case report and literature review

2007 ◽  
Vol 121 (5) ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Ayache ◽  
D Chatelain ◽  
B Tramier ◽  
V Strunski
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Surgical Treatment ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Head And Neck ◽  
Cardiac Involvement ◽  
Cardiac Myxoma ◽  
Benign Tumour ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Rare Tumour ◽  
Rare Benign Tumour

Objectives: To describe the features of an oropharyngeal and hypopharyngeal myxoma.Materials and methods: Case report of a 34-year-old patient operated upon for a dual-location tumour, and review of the literature.Results: The myxoma is a rare tumour. Various head and neck locations have been described, but not (to our knowledge) a tumour in both the oropharynx and the hypopharynx. Multiple synchronous locations must be searched for, particularly regarding cardiac myxoma.Conclusion: The myxoma is a rare, benign tumour, even rarer in the head and neck. Surgical treatment must be complete in order to avoid recurrences, and should be performed after assessment for cardiac involvement.

Localized AL amyloidosis of the tongue: A case report and literature review

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kosei Kubota ◽  
Ryohei Ito ◽  
Ken Furudate ◽  
Takao Kon ◽  
Hiroshi Nakagawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Al Amyloidosis

scholarly journals A Case Report of Cardiac Amyloidosis Highlighting the Importance of Strain Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Andres Cordova Sanchez ◽  
Ryan Murphy ◽  
Suman Rao ◽  
Fidel Martinez ◽  
Stephanie Bryant ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Case Report ◽  
High Mortality ◽  
Light Chain ◽  
Cardiac Amyloidosis ◽  
Inverse Relationship ◽  
Cardiac Involvement ◽  
Strain Analysis ◽  
Al Amyloidosis ◽  
Cardiac Symptoms

Cardiac involvement in light-chain (AL) amyloidosis has a high mortality. Once cardiac symptoms are present, it is important to make a diagnosis as there is an inverse relationship between mortality and time of diagnosis. Echocardiography is usually one of the first tests performed. But strain analysis, which can provide important clues, is not routinely performed. This is a case of AL amyloidosis presenting with heart failure in which echocardiographic strain analysis was vital for its diagnosis.

Acute small bowel pseudo-obstruction due to AL amyloidosis: a case report and literature review

2000 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 294-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel N. Koppelman ◽  
Neil H. Stollman ◽  
Francisco Baigorri ◽  
Arvey I. Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Small Bowel ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Al Amyloidosis

scholarly journals Echocardiography as the first diagnostic clue to rapidly progressive systemic AL amyloidosis associated with multiple site thrombosis. A case report

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 451
Author(s):  
Bogdan Caloian ◽  
Dumitru Zdrenghea ◽  
Sorin Claudiu Man ◽  
Simona Costea ◽  
Mihnea Zdrenghea ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Speckle Tracking ◽  
Complex Disease ◽  
Cardiac Involvement ◽  
Tissue Doppler ◽  
Doppler Imaging ◽  
Al Amyloidosis ◽  
Multiple Site ◽  
Prognostic Information ◽  
Diagnostic Clue

AL-amyloidosis is a rare, but complex disease, with a severe prognosis, cardiac involvement being found in half of the patients. The rapid increase of the LV wall thickness predicts an unfavorable evolution. We report the case of a 63-year-old man diagnosed with AL-amyloidosis, with cardiac involvement, associated with multiple site thrombosis.  Specific echocardiographic methods like tissue Doppler imaging and speckle tracking provided crucial diagnostic and prognostic information.

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