[Pseudotumoral adenopathies, an unusual means of detecting systemic amyloidosis].

Introduction: It is uncommon that lymph node enlargement is diagnostic of systemic amyloidosis as found in the case reported in this study.

Exegesis: This study examined the case of a 49-year old male with chronic bronchitis in whom in 1990 the presence had been detected of an isolated cervical lymphadenopathy, 2 cm in diameter, and which had previously remained unnoticed. In 1993, a significant number of other peripheral adenopathies also appeared in various locations, i.