A Complicated Case of Dyspnea
Journal Title: Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research - Year 2017, Vol 23, Issue 3
Abstract
This is the case of a patient initially presenting with productive cough, pleuritic chest pain, and hypoxemia. After a complicated clinical course the patient was eventually diagnosed with mucinous adenocarcinoma of the lung and associated pleural amyloidosis. The relation between cancer and amyloidosis is still unclear; however it is a very well- known fact that amyloid deposits are linked to malignancy. Gene mutations in cancer can trigger the expression of proteins which can aggregate into amyloid like fibrils.
Authors and Affiliations
Dafne T. Moretta, Christopher Gasho, Laura Denham, Laren A. Tan
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- DOI 10.9734/JAMMR/2017/35222
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