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ArticleMedicine2017

Case report: One case of primary AL amyloidosis repeatedly misdiagnosed as scleroderma.

Linge Sun, Lei Zhang, Wenlu Hu, Tian-Fang Li, Shengyun Liu

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Article in Medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Light-Chain Amyloidosis: The Great Impostor.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
    Review
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Gastric amyloidosis in a patient with dysphagia.Gastroenterology and hepatology from bed to bench · 2021
    Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Linge SunDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Lei Zhang
Wenlu Hu
Tian-Fang Li
Shengyun Liu

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionAmyloid light chain (AL) results from the deposition of immunoglobulin light chain fragments, and can affect multiple organs/systems. Our patient was diagnosed as scleroderma repeatedly because of extensive skin thickening and hardening, but the treatment was not effective. We did extensive laboratory examinations including serum/urine protein electrophoresis and flow cytometry assay of bone marrow aspiration.

conclusionA diagnosis of primary AL amyloidosis was established.

Indexed as

Diagnostic ErrorsAmyloidosisBiopsyDeglutition DisordersFemaleHoarsenessHumansMacroglossiaMiddle AgedScleroderma, LocalizedSkin

Identifiers

PMID29390268
PMCPMC5815680

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