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Primary amyloidosis presenting as extensor tenosynovitis
J R Benito1, I Martinez, J Monner
1Department of Plastic Surgery, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
|February 9, 1999
Abstract:
Primary amyloidosis is a systemic disease. Amyloid arthropathy is an invalidating and uncommon form of presentation, but tenosynovitis is even rarer as the first sign of the disease. We report herein a case of unilateral amyloid deposit in the synovium of the extensor tendons of the hand, which was the first manifestation of a primary amyloidosis.