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Case Reports
. 1976 May;69(5):682-5.
doi: 10.1378/chest.69.5.682.

Primary diffuse pulmonary amyloidosis with monoclonal gammopathy

Case Reports

Primary diffuse pulmonary amyloidosis with monoclonal gammopathy

G Lewinsohn et al. Chest. 1976 May.

Abstract

A rare case of primary diffuse amyloidosis of the lung with an abnormal monoclonal protein is described. The diagnosis was confirmed by an open-lung biopsy. The different classifications of amyloidosis as well as the relationship between the immunoglobulins and the pathogenesis of amyloid disease is discussed.

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