Respiratory tract amyloidosis. State-of-the-art review with a focus on pulmonary involvement

RR de Almeida, G Zanetti, JL Pereira e Silva, CAA Neto… - Lung, 2015 - Springer
Amyloidosis is a constellation of disease entities characterized by abnormal extracellular
deposition and accumulation of protein and protein derivatives, which show apple-green …

[HTML][HTML] Nodular pulmonary amyloidosis mimicking metastatic pulmonary nodules: a case report and review of the literature

RS Al-Umairi, F Al-Lawati… - Sultan Qaboos University …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Amyloidosis is a disorder characterised by the extracellular deposition of amyloid, a fibrillary
protein, in various organs such as the lungs. Pulmonary nodular amyloidosis can mimic …

[HTML][HTML] Can chest high-resolution computed tomography findings diagnose pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis?

FAF Francisco, RS Rodrigues, MM Barreto… - Radiologia …, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
Objective: The present study was aimed at retrospectively reviewing high-resolution
computed tomography (HRCT) findings in patients with pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis in …

Overview of systemic and localized amyloidosis

S Girnius - Reviews in Health Care, 2013 - journals.seedmedicalpublishers.com
Amyloidosis is a family of protein misfolding disorders, in which insoluble fibrillar proteins
deposit extracellularly and cause end organ damage. Depending on the precursor protein …

Ultrasound‐controlled transthoracic true‐cut needle biopsy in pulmonary nodular amyloidosis

TZ Mihalova, SS Ivanova, EV Mekov… - Respirology Case …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The current case report presents a 59‐year‐old man with imaging studies of the thorax
showing nodular lesions in the lungs bilaterally. Based on radiographic and CT images …

Nodular pulmonary amyloidosis with spontaneous fatal blood aspiration

S Morgenthal, R Bayer, E Schneider, M Zachäus… - Forensic Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
Amyloidosis is a multisystem disease, which is characterized by the extracellular deposition
of insoluble abnormal fibrils. Histological and subsequent immunohistochemical …

Spontaneous resolution of multiple nodular pulmonary AA amyloidosis

H Fukatsu, H Miyoshi, K Ishiki - Internal medicine, 2010 - jstage.jst.go.jp
A 62-year-old man presented with a two-week history of dry cough. A chest computed
tomography (CT) showed three nodular masses of soft tissue density without calcification or …

[HTML][HTML] Экстрапульмональные поражения у пациентов с орфанными заболеваниями легких

АН Баранова, АВ Абраменко… - Практическая …, 2023 - cyberleninka.ru
Орфанные болезни легких охватывают широкий спектр расстройств, частота
встречаемости которых составляет менее 1: 2000. Термин “орфанные заболевания” …

Radiographic and pathologic manifestations of uncommon and rare pulmonary lesions

K Pfeifer, A Mian, A Adebowale… - Canadian …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Pulmonary opacities/nodules are common findings on computed tomography examinations,
which may represent an underlying infections or malignancy. However, not every pulmonary …

Lung parenchymal calcifications in a child with cystic fibrosis

H Lynch, F Qian, MD Wong, RJ Thomas… - Respirology Case …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We describe a 6‐year‐old girl with homozygous p. Phe508del cystic fibrosis with severe
multi‐lobar bronchiectasis and obstructive lung disease who was found to have prominent …