Background: Amyloid light chain (AL) amyloidosis is characterized by amyloid fibril
deposition derived from monoclonal immunoglobulin light chains, resulting in multiorgan …

The most common forms of cardiac amyloidosis are progressive, life threatening, and
underrecognized. Symptoms affect a variety of organs and overlap with those of more …

Late diagnosis of light chain (AL) amyloidosis can lead to catastrophic consequences on the
quality of life of affected patients and overall disease prognosis. Therefore, clinicians should …

A 67-year-old man was found to have proteinuria on a Medicare annual physical. He is
referred to a nephrologist who performed a kidney biopsy showing amyloidosis confirmed to …

We present the case of a 79-year-old man with rapidly progressive myopathy as the initial
manifestation of light chain amyloidosis associated with multiple myeloma. The patient …

Background: Amyloidosis includes a diverse group of rare diseases characterized by the
misfolding of native or mutant proteins, leading to extracellular accumulation in various …

Amyloidosis is a generic term that refers to the extracellular tissue deposition of fibrils
composed of subunits of a variety of normal serum proteins. These fibrils have a …

Antecedentes: La amiloidosis por amiloide de cadenas ligeras (AL) se caracteriza por el
depósito de fibrillas amiloides derivadas de cadenas ligeras de inmunoglobulinas …

Key Clinical Message This case emphasizes the significance of cardiac amyloidosis as a
potential diagnosis in individuals manifesting with lesion‐free pruritus and normal liver tests …

The nutritional assessment is gaining clinical relevance since cardiac cachexia and
malnutrition are emerging as novel markers of functional status and prognosis in many …