Localized insulin-derived amyloidosis: a potential pitfall in the diagnosis of systemic amyloidosis by fat aspirate

Am J Hematol. 2012 Nov;87(11):E131-2. doi: 10.1002/ajh.23334. Epub 2012 Oct 9.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Fat / metabolism
  • Abdominal Fat / pathology*
  • Aged
  • Amyloidogenic Proteins / analysis
  • Amyloidosis / diagnosis*
  • Amyloidosis / metabolism
  • Amyloidosis / pathology
  • Biopsy
  • Chromatography, Liquid
  • Congo Red
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / drug therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / adverse effects*
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Insulin / administration & dosage
  • Insulin / adverse effects*
  • Insulin / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Substances

  • Amyloidogenic Proteins
  • Hypoglycemic Agents
  • Insulin
  • Congo Red