A case of primary amyloidosis is described, during the course of which transient, purpuric haloes appeared around long-standing Campbell de Morgan spots, forming target-like lesions of the skin.
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Int Med Case Rep J
January 2025
Department of Neurology, The Lishui Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, The First Affiliated Hospital of Lishui University, Lishui People's Hospital, Lishui, Zhejiang, 323000, People's Republic of China.
Primary amyloidosis (AL type) is a systemic disease that can lead to structural and functional damage to organs and tissues such as the kidney, heart and liver with non-specific symptoms. Most of the affected patients develop thyroid infiltration and thus diffuse enlargement of the thyroid gland, while cases leading to hypothyroidism are exceedingly rare. Some researchers have analyzed thyroid function in newly diagnosed patients with AL amyloidosis, and found that the incidence of overt hypothyroidism is only 7%.
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January 2025
Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Berlin, Germany (M.L.M., U.L., B.H., D.M., A.B., I.M., S.S.).
Background: Despite previous histopathologic evidence for its presence, the role of myocardial inflammation in the development and progression of cardiac transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR-CA) remains insufficiently understood. Thus, this study sought to characterize the prevalence and potential prognostic implications of myocardial inflammation in ATTR-CA.
Methods: A retrospective observational study including patients with ATTR-CA diagnosed by endomyocardial biopsy was conducted.
Rev Clin Esp (Barc)
January 2025
Institute for the Improvement of Health Care (IMAS Foundation), Madrid, Spain.
Introduction And Objectives: Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is a prevalent yet underdiagnosed heart condition characterized by the abnormal accumulation of amyloid fibres, frequently resulting in heart failure (HF), particularly in older people. Despite advancements in non-invasive diagnostic techniques and treatments, the epidemiology of CA patients remains inadequately understood. This nationwide retrospective observational study sought to comprehensively investigate CA patients' characteristics, mortality, and readmission patterns.
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Department of Dermatology, IMS and SUM Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
J Clin Invest
January 2025
Laboratory of Genome Dynamics in the Immune, INSERM UMR 116, Équipe Labellisée LIGUE 2023, Paris, France.
Oncostatin M (OSM) is a cytokine with the unique ability to interact with both the OSM receptor (OSMR) and the leukemia inhibitory factor receptor (LIFR). On the other hand, OSMR interacts with IL31RA to form the interleukin-31 receptor. This intricate network of cytokines and receptors makes it difficult to understand the specific function of OSM.
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