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Nodular Pulmonary Amyloidosis Associated with Sjögren's Syndrome
- Source :
- Internal Medicine. 61:877-881
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Japanese Society of Internal Medicine, 2022.
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Abstract
- Amyloidosis is a rare disease characterized by the deposition of abnormal proteins in extracellular tissues. We herein report a case with instructive radiologic features of nodular pulmonary amyloidosis associated with Sjögren's syndrome. A 67-year-old woman was referred to our department because of an abnormal chest radiograph. Chest computed tomography revealed multiple round cysts accompanied by calcified nodules. The patient was clinically diagnosed with primary Sjögren's syndrome and pathologically diagnosed with nodular pulmonary amyloidosis (light chain, kappa). Although multiple lung cysts have many etiologies, the presence of calcified nodules associated with multiple lung cysts is useful for narrowing down the differential diagnosis.
- Subjects :
- Lung Diseases
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Radiography
Amyloidosis
Pulmonary amyloidosis
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Sjogren's Syndrome
Internal Medicine
Etiology
Humans
Medicine
Female
Cyst
Differential diagnosis
Sjogren s
business
Amyloidosis, Familial
Lung
Aged
Rare disease
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13497235 and 09182918
- Volume :
- 61
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Internal Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....712aac5c1e98d84636fa2c3d8417fcf3