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Beta-2-microglobulin-associated nodular amyloidosis of the tongue
A Hirshberg1, I Kaplan, M Gorsky
1Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, The Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
|July 14, 1998
Abstract:
The tongue is an uncommon site for the deposition of beta-2-microglobulin amyloid. A case is presented of nodular amyloidosis of the tongue in a patient having prolonged hemodialysis. The lesions were small, firm, yellowish nodules on the lateral aspect of the tongue and were shown to be deposits of beta-2-microglobulin amyloid. The pathogenesis and differential diagnosis are discussed.