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Extensive nodular cutaneous amyloidosis: an unusual presentation
P R Criado1, C S Silva, C Vasconcellos
1Dermatology Unit, Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual de São Paulo, Brazil. prcriado@uol.com.br
Abstract:
Amyloidosis is characterized by the deposition of a group of unrelated proteins leading to changes in tissue architecture and function. The nodular variant is the rarest form of the cutaneous amyloidoses. We report a patient with localized nodular amyloidosis without systemic amyloid involvement or paraproteinaemia after 6 years of follow-up. The unusual aspects of our case were a plaque presentation rather than nodular, and the disseminated pattern observed.