Syndrome in question. Immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis
Han Ma1, Meilan Chen2, Juan Li2
1Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong, China.
Abstract:
Immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis is the most common acquired systemic amyloidosis. Its presentation is often insidious and progressive, which may delay diagnosis. The authors describe a rare case of immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis in a 34-year-old man with scleroderma-like manifestation substantiated by multifarious laboratory investigations and the histopathologic feature of involved skin lesions stained with Congo red and crystal violet. This helps to maintain a high clinical suspicion of the disease when confronting similar skin presentation.
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