CASE REPORT
LOCALIZED VOCAL CORD AMYLOIDOSIS
 
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Kocaeli University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Internal Medicine and Pathology. Kocaeli, Turkey
 
 
Online publication date: 2007-01-15
 
 
Publication date: 2007-01-15
 
 
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Ayşe Cefle   

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Eur J Gen Med 2007;4(1):36-38
 
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Localized laryngeal amyloidosis is an uncommon diease with limited long-term followup studies. The precise etiology and pathogenesis are not entirely clear. We present a case of localized laryngeal amyloidosis. 35 years old man suffered from hoarseness during the last six months. Laryngoscopic examination showed nodular infiltration of bilateral vocal cords. Amyloidosis was confirmed by the characteristic Congo red staining of biopsies. The search for other localizations of amyloidosis was negative. No evidence of systemic amyloidosis or plasma cell proliferation was found in this patient. There were no recurrences during the nine-months follow-up.
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