Systemic amyloidosis presenting in the lateral pharyngeal band of Waldeyer's ring: A case report

Systemic amyloidosis presenting in the lateral pharyngeal band of Waldeyer's ring: A case report

Amyloidosis is an uncommon disease involving extracellular protein deposition in organs and tissues throughout the body. This report discusses the case of a 23-year-old woman with a one-year history of a progressively enlarging oropharyngeal lesion in the region of the left lateral pharyngeal band....

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Main Authors: Neelima Panth, Sunil Bhatt, Samir Bhatt, Mark A. Varvares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-11-01
Series:Otolaryngology Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468548818300869
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spelling doaj-0459159d3a8f484c8ce7734dc7a241732020-11-25T01:47:05ZengElsevierOtolaryngology Case Reports2468-54882018-11-01913Systemic amyloidosis presenting in the lateral pharyngeal band of Waldeyer's ring: A case reportNeelima Panth0Sunil Bhatt1Samir Bhatt2Mark A. Varvares3Duke University School of Medicine, 40 Duke Medicine Circle, Durham, NC, 27705, USA; Corresponding author. Duke University School of Medicine, 40 Duke Medicine Circle, Durham, NC, 27705, USA.Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, 1 Rope Ferry Rd, Hanover, NH, 03755, USADepartment of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, 243 Charles St, Boston, MA, 02114, USADepartment of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, 243 Charles St, Boston, MA, 02114, USAAmyloidosis is an uncommon disease involving extracellular protein deposition in organs and tissues throughout the body. This report discusses the case of a 23-year-old woman with a one-year history of a progressively enlarging oropharyngeal lesion in the region of the left lateral pharyngeal band. Upon biopsy it was found to contain amyloid and subsequent evaluation was significant for a diagnosis of systemic amyloidosis. We present the first known report of systemic amyloidosis manifesting in an isolated lesion of the lateral pharyngeal band and discuss the implications for diagnosis and treatment. Keywords: Amyloidosis, Waldeyer's ring, Pharyngeal bandhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468548818300869
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Sunil Bhatt
Samir Bhatt
Mark A. Varvares
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Sunil Bhatt
Samir Bhatt
Mark A. Varvares
Systemic amyloidosis presenting in the lateral pharyngeal band of Waldeyer's ring: A case report
Otolaryngology Case Reports
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Samir Bhatt
Mark A. Varvares
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title Systemic amyloidosis presenting in the lateral pharyngeal band of Waldeyer's ring: A case report
title_short Systemic amyloidosis presenting in the lateral pharyngeal band of Waldeyer's ring: A case report
title_full Systemic amyloidosis presenting in the lateral pharyngeal band of Waldeyer's ring: A case report
title_fullStr Systemic amyloidosis presenting in the lateral pharyngeal band of Waldeyer's ring: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Systemic amyloidosis presenting in the lateral pharyngeal band of Waldeyer's ring: A case report
title_sort systemic amyloidosis presenting in the lateral pharyngeal band of waldeyer's ring: a case report
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series Otolaryngology Case Reports
issn 2468-5488
publishDate 2018-11-01
description Amyloidosis is an uncommon disease involving extracellular protein deposition in organs and tissues throughout the body. This report discusses the case of a 23-year-old woman with a one-year history of a progressively enlarging oropharyngeal lesion in the region of the left lateral pharyngeal band. Upon biopsy it was found to contain amyloid and subsequent evaluation was significant for a diagnosis of systemic amyloidosis. We present the first known report of systemic amyloidosis manifesting in an isolated lesion of the lateral pharyngeal band and discuss the implications for diagnosis and treatment. Keywords: Amyloidosis, Waldeyer's ring, Pharyngeal band
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