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Calcification of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells and Imaging of Aortic Calcification and Inflammation
Published on: May 31, 2016
[Amyloidosis and pleural calcification]
1Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital d'Abbeville, France. leleu.olivier@ch-abbeville.fr
Introduction:
Pulmonary diseases during the course of generalised amyloidosis are principally represented by tracheobronchial involvement and diffuse parenchymal localizations.
Case Report:
The authors report the case of a 66-year-old woman presenting with pleural amyloidosis in the context of generalised amyloidosis. Thoracoscopy performed in the investigation of recurrent transudative pleural effusions found evidence of an inflamed parietal pleura with areas of calcification. Pleural biopsies confirmed amyloid infiltration pleural ossification. Talc pleurodesis was performed.
Conclusions:
The authors' conclusion is that, meeting an unexplained pleural effusion even transudative during the course of a generalised amyloidosis, the thoracoscopy is the diagnosis key test as it allows moreover a pleural pleurodesis to be performed.
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