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New Therapies for Systemic Amyloidosis by Matt S. Posted Wed 14 Jan 2009 12:00am Systemic amyloidosis can involve nearly any organ, and the kidney is often involved. Recall that there are two flavors of amyloidosis: AL amyloidosis (in which the amyloid is formed by light chains as a result of a paraproteinemia) or AA amyloidosis (in which a chronic inflammatory condition, such as rheumatoid arthritis, leads to the excess Read on »

Sudden Cardiac Death in Infiltrative Cardiomyopathies: Sarcoidosis, Scleroderma, Amyloidosis, Hemachromatosis by Jan Posted Fri 27 Nov 2009 10:03pm By S. Lubitz, S. Goldbarg, D. Mehta Sarcoidosis, scleroderma, amyloidosis, and hemachromatosis are systemic infiltrative disorders that commonly affect the heart. Owing... been associated with sudden cardiac death. In this review, we summarize the epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of each of these entities. We place Read on »

Beta-2 Microglobulin Amyloidosis by Matt S. Posted Wed 06 Aug 2008 12:00am The two major forms of amyloidosis are AL amyloidosis (in which light chains form the amyloid deposits) and AA amyloidosis (in which a variety of inflammatory molecules may adopt a beta-pleated structure to deposit as amyloid. A specific subset of AA amyloidosis which is secondary to dialysis is beta-2 microglobulin amyloidosis. Beta-2 Read on »

Digital Case Challenge: Pleuropulmonary amyloidosis by Mark Pool, MD Posted Wed 26 May 2010 12:52pm and polarization (below). Pulmonary Amyloidosis Pulmonary amyloidosis includes a spectrum of clinicopathologic entities that commonly have deposition of amorphous, eosinophilic... with pulmonary amyloidosis: Systemic or Generalized Limited or Localized Diffuse Alveolar Septal Pleural Systemic amyloidosis may be primary (idiopathic) and associated Read on »

Hereditary Amyloidosis by Matt S. Posted Tue 17 Jun 2008 12:00am fever (FMF) or Muckle-Wells Syndrome, and the reason these individuals may get renal disease is due to AA amyloidosis. Patients with TRAPS can (logically enough) be treated Read on »

Fecal transmission of AA amyloidosis in the cheetah contributes to high incidence of disease by Terry S. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 07 Sep 2008 2:06am Fecal transmission of AA amyloidosis in the cheetah contributes to high incidence of disease Beiru Zhang*†, Yumi Une‡, Xiaoying Fu*, Jingmin Yan*, FengXia Ge*, Junjie Yao... Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, and approved April 1, 2008 (received for review January 16, 2008) AA amyloidosis is one of the principal causes of morbidity and mortality Read on »

October 7, 2009 - Day 170 by dezwit Patient Expert

Posted Wed 07 Oct 2009 10:03pm several months of misdiagnoses) with Primary AL Cardiac Amyloidosis. Tim chose The Boston University Amyloidosis Treatment and Research Center as the facility he wanted to treat... and become numb to the world around me, a weekly occurrence these days. The ups and downs of this treatment are just a little hard to bear sometimes because they just never seem Read on »

August 24, 2009 - Day 126 by dezwit Patient Expert

Posted Tue 25 Aug 2009 7:28pm September 8, 2009 is the new launch date for the journey into the wild blue unknown of amyloidosis treatment. We met today with Dr. Schwarzberg to discuss the new regimen... Amyloid Treatment and Research Program and Dr. Rosemary O'Connell, Internal Medicine of BU. I consider myself very lucky to have such competent medical professionals in my corner Read on »

A few days after talc pleurodesis by Jim Allen Posted Tue 04 Aug 2009 7:38pm they had for me was in the IU Hospital. Typical hospital room - I have been in plenty for Jill's amyloidosis treatment, stem cell transplant and ongoing treatment. Turns out that I... the various side effects from cancer treatments. I've now had Saturday, Sunday and Monday mostly sitting around in my hospital room. Watching TV. Blogging. Answering emails - both work Read on »

One step at a time by Dr. Kevin Posted Thu 23 Sep 2010 1:00am and future plans for my amyloidosis treatment. But, fortunately, the news was good. I am 1R/1A. I went home and took my first Revlimid of the new cycle. We continue as planned. Whether... be a threat to the donor heart leading to irreversible damage. I have been in moderate rejection 3 times. All related to Revlimid, the drug I take for Amyloidosis. I always feel Read on »