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Review
. 2023 Nov-Dec:219:107426.
doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2023.107426. Epub 2023 Oct 13.

Pulmonary manifestations of amyloidosis

Nauman A Khan  1 , Bharat S Bhandari  2 , Soma Jyothula  3 , Daniel Ocazionez  4 , Jamie Buryanek  5 , Pushan P Jani  2
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Review

Pulmonary manifestations of amyloidosis

Nauman A Khan et al. Respir Med. 2023 Nov-Dec.
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Abstract

Amyloidosis is caused by abnormal protein deposition in various tissues, including the lungs. Pulmonary manifestations of amyloidosis may be categorized by areas of involvement, such as parenchymal, large airway and pleural involvement. We describe four distinct manifestations of amyloidosis involving the lung and review their clinical, radiological and pathological features and summarize the evidence for treatment in each of these presentations. We describe alveolar-septal amyloidosis, cystic amyloid lung disease, endobronchial amyloidosis and pleural amyloidosis.

Keywords: Cystic amyloid; Endobronchial amyloidosis; Pleural amyloidosis; Pulmonary amyloidosis.

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Declaration of competing interest Nauman A. Khan MD-no conflict of interest to declare. Bharat S. Bhandari MD-no conflict of interest to declare. Soma Jyothula MD-no conflict of interest to declare. Daniel Ocazionez MD-no conflict of interest to declare. Jamie Buryanek MD-no conflict of interest to declare. Pushan P. Jani MD-no conflict of interest to declare.

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