Periorbital ecchymoses are not pathognomonic of the light-chain type of amyloidosis

Acta Derm Venereol. 2007;87(6):544-5. doi: 10.2340/00015555-0295.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Amyloid / analysis
  • Amyloidosis / diagnosis*
  • Amyloidosis, Familial / complications
  • Amyloidosis, Familial / diagnosis*
  • Amyloidosis, Familial / genetics
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Ecchymosis / etiology*
  • Eye / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin Light Chains / analysis
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mutation
  • Polyneuropathies / etiology
  • Prealbumin / analysis
  • Prealbumin / genetics
  • Salivary Glands / chemistry
  • Salivary Glands / pathology

Substances

  • Amyloid
  • Immunoglobulin Light Chains
  • Prealbumin