Imaging in pleural amyloidosis: A diagnostic challenge

Key message Pleural amyloidosis does not present with specific imaging findings and is difficult to diagnose unless pleural biopsy is performed. However, distinguishing pleural amyloidosis from malignant disease is important and biopsy should be performed wherever possible to establish a treatment p...

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Published inRespirology case reports Vol. 12; no. 2; pp. e01289 - n/a
Main Authors Hamakawa, Masamitsu, Ishida, Tadashi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.02.2024
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Wiley
Subjects
Amyloidosis
Antibodies
Biopsy
Clinical Image
Clinical Images
Lung cancer
Metastasis
Microscopy
pleural amyloidosis
pleural biopsy
Tomography
lung cancer
pleural amyloidosis
pleural biopsy
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Summary:Key message Pleural amyloidosis does not present with specific imaging findings and is difficult to diagnose unless pleural biopsy is performed. However, distinguishing pleural amyloidosis from malignant disease is important and biopsy should be performed wherever possible to establish a treatment plan as early as possible. Pleural amyloidosis does not present with specific imaging findings and is difficult to diagnose and differentiate from malignant disease unless pleural biopsy is performed. We report our experience with a 78‐year‐old patient and diagnostic work including pleural biopsy leading to a diagnosis of localized AL (λ) amyloidosis.
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Associate Editor: Jennifer Ann Wi
ISSN:2051-3380
2051-3380
DOI:10.1002/rcr2.1289