LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Diagnostic challenges in systemic amyloidosis: a case report with clinical and laboratorial pitfalls

Lino, Angelina Maria Martins; Castelli, Jussara Bianchi; Szor, Roberta Shcolnik; Fernandes, Fabio; Aiello, Vera Demarchi.

Autops. Case Rep; 11 (), 2021

Currently, there is growing evidence in the literature warning of misdiagnosis involving amyloidosis and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). Although inducing clinical manifestations outside the peripheral nervous system, light chain and transthyretin amyloidosis may initially prese...

Amiloidosis de Cadenas Ligeras de las Inmunoglobulinas/complicaciones, Amiloidosis Familiar/complicaciones, Errores Diagnósticos, Polirradiculoneuropatía Crónica Inflamatoria Desmielinizante/complicaciones, Paraproteinemias

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Anesthesitic management for insulinoma resection in a patient having chronic inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy

Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy associated with hypoglycemia 2 to insulinoma is unusual, and to our knowledge, very few patients have been reported in literature. Despite varying presentations in these patients, the clinical characteristics are usually the same. The syndrome usually occ...