Intrathoracic amyloid tumors that presented as yellowish multinodular endobronchial protrusions with irregular vascularity and easy bleeding

Intrathoracic amyloid tumors that presented as yellowish multinodular endobronchial protrusions with irregular vascularity and easy bleeding

Immunoglobulin light‐chain (AL) amyloidosis is a monoclonal plasma cell neoplasm that has a tendency to bleed easily. However, the potential risks of transbronchial biopsy in such cases have not been fully proven. Here, we report a case of parotid and intrathoracic AL amyloid tumors that presented a...

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Main Authors: Hiromi Tomono, Hiroshi Soda, Yuichi Fukuda, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Sawana Ono, Midori Shimada, Keisuke Iwasaki, Masashi Hisanaga, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Mukae
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-10-01
Series:Thoracic Cancer
Subjects:
Amyloidosis
bleeding
bronchoscopy
narrow band imaging
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/1759-7714.13159

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https://doi.org/10.1111/1759-7714.13159

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