Doshi A, Rodrigues M, Deshpande R, Udwadia Z
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai.
Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci. 2001 Jul-Sep;43(3):177-9.
Amyloidosis is a generic term for a heterogeneous group of disorders associated with deposition of protein in an abnormal fibrillar form. Amyloidosis can be hereditary or acquired, localised or systemic and potentially lethal or merely an incidental finding. We report a case of a male who was totally asymptomatic and was incidentally detected to have lung amyloidosis. He was not given any treatment but kept under observation., His chest radiograph (CXR) and high resolution computed tomograph (HRCT) of the chest cleared spontaneously after one year and the patient continues to remain asymptomatic even after two years.
淀粉样变性是一组异质性疾病的通用术语,这些疾病与异常纤维状形式的蛋白质沉积有关。淀粉样变性可以是遗传性的或后天获得的,局限性的或全身性的,可能致命或仅仅是偶然发现。我们报告一例男性病例,他完全无症状,偶然被检测出患有肺淀粉样变性。他未接受任何治疗,而是接受观察。他的胸部X光片(CXR)和胸部高分辨率计算机断层扫描(HRCT)在一年后自行恢复正常,即使在两年后患者仍无症状。