Primary diffuse macular amyloidosis

Melissa Kanchanapoomi; Rachel Rosenstein; Marianna Shvartsbeyn; Shane A Meehan; Naomi Dolly; Alisa Femia

Primary diffuse macular amyloidosis

Dermatol Online J. 2015 Dec 16;21(12):13030/qt54z8k8r6.

Authors

Melissa Kanchanapoomi¹, Rachel Rosenstein, Marianna Shvartsbeyn, Shane A Meehan, Naomi Dolly, Alisa Femia

Affiliation

¹ New York University School of Medicine.

PMID: 26990346

Abstract

We present a 53-year-old woman with diffuse macular amyloidosis. We discuss the clinical manifestations, pathophysiologic mechanisms, and associations of cutaneous macular amyloidosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Amyloidosis, Familial / diagnosis*
Biopsy
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Skin / pathology*
Skin Diseases, Genetic / diagnosis*

Supplementary concepts

Amyloidosis, Primary Cutaneous