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Systemic amyloidosis of beta 2 microglobulin type
K Mazanec1, J McClure, C J Bartley
1Department of Pathological Sciences, University of Manchester.
Journal of Clinical Pathology
|September 1, 1992
Abstract:
A patient receiving haemodialysis for 15 years developed systemic amyloidosis of beta 2 microglobulin type. Noticeable deposits of amyloid were present in the myocardium, intervertebral discs, joint cartilages and tendons. Less conspicuous amounts were present in blood vessel walls in the lungs, liver, adrenal glands and brain, and within the stroma of the prostate, testis and kidney, often with foci of calcification.