BILATERAL BETA(2)-MICROGLOBULIN AMYLOIDOMAS OF THE BUTTOCKS IN A LONG-TERM HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT
Creator
Tom Y; Htwe M; Chandra R; Smithbehn J
Publisher
Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Date
1994
1994-06
Description
Only two cases of beta(2)-microglobulin amyloid tumors involving the buttocks have been reported in the world literature. We report a case of bilateral buttock amyloid tumors with associated carpal tunnel syndrome and pathologic fracture involving the femoral head. This unusual local bilateral manifestation of the beta(2)-microglobulin amyloidosis develops late in the course of hemodialysis and may be initiated by chronic trauma.
Subject
beta-2-microglobulin amyloidosis; biopsy; bone; carpal-tunnel syndrome; dialysis; disease; involvement; Medical Laboratory Technology; origin; Pathology; Research & Experimental Medicine