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Efficacy of anakinra in a patient with systemic amyloidosis presenting as amyloidoma.
International journal of rheumatic diseases - 1 Feb 2018
Nalcacioglu Hulya, Ozkaya Ozan, Genc Gurkan, Ayyildiz Suat, Kefeli Mehmet, Elli Murat, Aydin Oguz, Ceyhan Bilgici Meltem
Abstract excerpt
Amyloidosis is a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by extracellular deposition of unique protein fibrils. The least common presentation of an amyloid deposition is as a discrete mass called amyloidoma or amyloid tumor. We report a case of a soft tissue amyloidoma in the abdomen of a 16-year-old girl who was diagnosed as having systemic amyloidosis. A girl aged 16 years was referred to our hospital...
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