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Amyloidoma: a review and case report

Skeletal Radiology volume 50, pages 437–444 (2021)Cite this article

Abstract

Amyloidoma is a solitary mass of amyloid protein that arises in patients with or without evidence of systemic amyloidosis, and can be found in a variety of different organ systems. Herein, we describe three cases of localized biopsy-positive amyloidomas with no evidence of systemic involvement—primary amyloidoma. Our cases include a patient with a paraspinal soft tissue amyloidoma, a patient with multiple primary amyloidomas involving the thoracic cavity and flank, and a patient with insulin-injection induced amyloidoma of the left shoulder. We present these cases to provide further insights into the clinical presentation of this uncommon clinical entity. We review the pathophysiology of amyloidosis and discuss our cases in the context of previous reports of amyloidoma.

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    Sohil S. Desai

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    Michael G. Rizzo, Augustus J. Rush III & Motasem Al Maaieh

  3. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA

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Desai, S.S., Rizzo, M.G., Rush, A.J. et al. Amyloidoma: a review and case report. Skeletal Radiol 50, 437–444 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-020-03560-3

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