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An Orthotopic Mouse Model of Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma
Published on: April 17, 2013
Amyloid goiter in a case of systemic amyloidosis secondary to ankylosing spondylitis
P Cohan1, S Hirschowitz, J Y Rao
1Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA. pcohan@mednet.ucla.edu
Abstract:
Infiltrative diseases of the thyroid include systemic sclerosis, hemochromatosis, sarcoidosis, chondrocalcinosis and amyloidosis. Only rarely does thyroid amyloidosis result in clinically palpable goiter. Classically, amyloidosis is associated with tuberculosis, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple myeloma or inflammatory bowel disease. Only rarely does clinical amyloidosis develop in the setting of ankylosing spondylitis. We describe a case of amyloid goiter in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis-associated amyloidosis.
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