PMID: 16646305May 2, 2006Paper

Rare case of palatal amyloidosis

Wiadomości lekarskie : organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego
Marek HabelakWojciech Zajecki

Abstract

Amyloidosis first described by Karl Rokitansky in 1842 consists in accumulation of pathological protein (amyloid) within both cells and extracellular space. It usually develops in the course of a chronic inflammation or some neoplasms. The clinical picture depends on the impairment degree of an organ in which amyloid accumulates. The diagnosis is based on the cytological examination of the material collected by means of biopsy of the subcutaneous fatty tissue and of the mucosa of the anal orifice, gums, kidneys or liver etc. In the presented study a rare case of amyloidal concrements localised in the palatal region has been described. Literature has usually presented amyloidosis localised in the tongue, lips, rhino-pharynx and larynx. Amyloidosis localised in the region of the head and neck occurs very rarely. In the presented case amyloidal deposition in any other site was not reported.

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