Scientific Articles
Jun 13, 2018
A 78-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 2-week history of generalized edema, weakness, and chest pain. He reported that during the past year…
Jun 13, 2018
Purpose of Review:
Light-chain-associated (AL) amyloidosis is a rare disease with a poor prognosis. However, we have made recent strides in more accurate diagnosis…
Jun 10, 2018
Amyloidosis is a group of heterogeneous conditions characterized by the deposition of extracellular proteinaceous substances called amyloids. The diagnosis is…
May 24, 2018
Doppler echocardiogram provides not only structural information about heart chambers, valves and pericardium but also contributes to functional assessment. A unique…
May 17, 2018
Oculomeningovascular amyloidosis is a variant of transthyretin (TTR) amyloidotic polyneuropathy, which is associated with blindness and brain ischemia,…
May 16, 2018
Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) comprises a heterogeneous group of medical conditions affecting the myocardium. It presents with proteinaceous infiltration with variable…
May 13, 2018
Background:
This case describes an unusual presentation of an intracranial hemorrhage first thought to be metastatic disease on computed tomography and magnetic…
May 07, 2018
Background:
Skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among people who inject drugs (PWID). International data indicate…
May 06, 2018
Amyloidosis is a poorly understood condition that can wreak havoc on numerous systems within the human body. In addition, this disease can present in multiple forms…
Apr 24, 2018
Objective:
Amyloidomas are tumor-like deposits of amyloid. Amyloidoma of the gastrointestinal tract is rare. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first…