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Secondary Amyloidosis - Articles
Fecal transmission of AA amyloidosis in the cheetah contributes to high incidence of disease
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Terry S.
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
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Beta-2 Microglobulin Amyloidosis
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Matt S.
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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
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Digital Case Challenge: Pleuropulmonary amyloidosis
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Mark Pool, MD
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Wed 26 May 2010 12:52pm
myeloma-associated (AL).Secondary amyloidosis involving the lung can be associated with rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn's disease, tuberculosis, bronchiectasis... and polarization (below).
Pulmonary Amyloidosis
Pulmonary amyloidosis includes a spectrum of clinicopathologic entities that commonly have deposition of amorphous, eosinophilic
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New Therapies for Systemic Amyloidosis
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Matt S.
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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
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Hereditary Amyloidosis
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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
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Sudden Cardiac Death in Infiltrative Cardiomyopathies: Sarcoidosis, Scleroderma, Amyloidosis, Hemachromatosis
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Jan
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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 to their potential for diffuse organ involvement, these diseases may present with myriad clinical manifestations.
Conduction system abnormalities are common, and each of these disorders has
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Primary versus Secondary FSGS
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Matt S.
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Mon 19 May 2008 12:00am
We all know that FSGS can exist in both primary and secondary forms.
In both cases light microscopy identifies partially ("segmental") sclerotic glomeruli in a variable ("focal") distribution in the biopsy. How can you tell the different between primary (e.g., idiopathic) versus secondary (e.g., secondary to obesity, hyperfiltration, etc) forms
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Secondary Raynaud's disease and Scleroderma
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Jan
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Fri 11 Sep 2009 4:57pm
Secondary Raynaud's. Also called Raynaud's phenomenon, this form is caused by an underlying problem. Although secondary Raynaud's is less common than the primary form, it tends to be a more serious disorder. Signs and symptoms of secondary Raynaud's usually first appear at later ages - around 40 - than they do for people with the primary form
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