| Literature DB >> 25386446 |
Kavita V1, Palak D Raiyani1, Sunil S Vyas2.
Abstract
Amyloidosis is a rare disorder characterised by accumulation of insoluble fibrillar proteins in extracellular space. Respiratory amyloidosis presents as two tracheobronchial forms (local and diffuse) and two parenchymal forms (nodular and diffuse), of which diffuse tracheobronchial amyloidosis is the least common. We herein present two cases of tracheobronchial amyloidosis.Entities:
Keywords: Amyloidosis; Diagnosis; Tracheobronchial
Year: 2014 PMID: 25386446 PMCID: PMC4225898 DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2014/10087.4838
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Diagn Res ISSN: 0973-709X