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Navaneethakrishnan Suganthan1, Piratheepan Navaradnam2, Vathulan Sujanitha1
1Department of Medicine University of Jaffna Jaffna Sri Lanka.
Clinical Case Reports
|March 26, 2021
Abstract:
"Shoulder pad" sign resulting from deposition of amyloid in the periarticular soft tissue is rare but it is pathognomonic for immunoglobulin amyloidosis (AL). Although the detection remains a challenge, it gives a strong clue leading to prompt diagnosis.
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