Nodular amyloidosis

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" Nodular amyloidosis "
White, Forrest; Shvartsbeyn, Marianna; Meehan, Shane A; Ramachandran, Sarika

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	925169
Doc. No	:	LA6v26s4mn
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	White, Forrest; Shvartsbeyn, Marianna; Meehan, Shane A; Ramachandran, Sarika
Title & Author	:	Nodular amyloidosis [Article]\ White, Forrest; Shvartsbeyn, Marianna; Meehan, Shane A; Ramachandran, Sarika
Title of Periodical	:	Dermatology Online Journal
Volume/ Issue Number	:	21/12
Date	:	2015
Abstract	:	Nodular amyloidosis is the rarest form of primary cutaneous amyloidosis. We report the case of a 74-year-old woman with an eight-year history of asymptomatic, hyperpigmented plaques on the pretibial areas. A skin biopsy specimen showed deposits of amorphous eosinophilic material that extended throughout the dermis with apple-green birefringence with a Congo-red stain, which established a diagnosis of nodular amyloidosis. Patients with nodular amyloidosis should be evaluated for systemic disease and followed appropriately due to a small risk of progression to systemic amyloidosis.