Amyloidosis of the Tongue
Amyloidóza jazyka
Amyloidóza je porucha proteinového metabolismu charakterizovaná abnormálnímextracelulárním ukládáním proteinových hmot fibrilární struktury. Autoři popisují případ kombi-nované difuzně lokalizované primární amyloidózy s hlavními projevy v oblasti jazyka, která imito-vala zhoubný tumor, a upozorňují na úskalí diagnostiky.
Klíčová slova:
amyloidóza jazyka, dysfagie.
Authors:
R. Lenert; Pavel Komínek
; I. Švarcová *; V. Hořava *
Authors‘ workplace:
ORL oddělení Nemocnice Frýdek-Místek, prim. MUDr. P. KomínekOddělení patologie Nemocnice Frýdek-Místek, prim. MUDr. V. Hořava
*
Published in:
Otorinolaryngol Foniatr, , 1999, No. 1, pp. 43-45.
Category:
Overview
Amyloidosis is a disorder of the protein metabolism characterized by abnormalextracellular deposition of protein masses with a fibrillar structure. The authors describe a case ofcombined diffuse primary amyloidosis with the main manifestations in the region of the tonguewhich imitated a malignant tumour, and draw attention to the pitfalls of diagnosis.
Key words:
amyloidosis of the tongue, dysphagia.
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