Bilateral pulmonary nodular amyloidosis:A case report and review of the literature

• 作者: Colleen Gaughan Rebecca Thomas Susan Inniss Tapan Bhavsar Yajue Huang
• 来源期刊: 世界呼吸病学杂志
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: AMYLOID LUNG NODULAR PULMONARY Multiple Parenchymal
• 年，卷（期）: 2012,（2）
• 页码范围: 6-8
• 页数: 3页
• 分类号: R

摘要

Pulmonary amyloidosis is uncommon and is usually associated with systemic amyloidosis.Localized pulmonary involvement in amyloidosis without systemic amyloidosis is even rarer;it is generally tracheobronchial or parenchymal in location.Parenchymal pulmonary amyloidosis is generally asymptomatic and an incidental finding,presenting as nodules varying in size and number,unilateral or bilateral.We present an unusual case of primary bilateral pulmonary nodular amyloidosis in an elderly female.