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Systemic amyloidosis with initial polyneuropathy
1Department of Dermatology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
The Journal of Dermatology
|April 1, 1996
Abstract:
We report a case of systemic amyloidosis with the initial sign of polyneuropathy. The patient eventually developed heart failure, macroglossia, and ecchymoses 6 years later. Biopsies from the sural nerve and normal-looking skin both proved the existence of amyloid.