Ectropion and Conjunctival Mass in a Patient with Primary Bilateral Conjunctival Amyloidosis

Background. Amyloidosis is a group of disorders characterized by deposition of an extracellular protein, known as amyloid, in an abnormal fibrillar form with highly characteristic histopathologic staining properties. The clinical presentation can vary from a focal, localized lesion where amyloidosis...

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Main Authors: Alessandro Meduri, Miguel Rechichi, Cosimo Mazzotta, Sergio Zaccharia Scalinci, Mahmoud O. Jaroudi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5610753