[Cough as the presenting feature of pulmonary AL amyloidosis: A case report]

G Baulier; J Victor; P Mercié; E Lazaro; P Duffau

doi:10.1016/j.revmed.2015.08.008

[Cough as the presenting feature of pulmonary AL amyloidosis: A case report]

Rev Med Interne. 2016 May;37(5):363-6. doi: 10.1016/j.revmed.2015.08.008. Epub 2015 Sep 14.

[Article in French]

Authors

G Baulier¹, J Victor², P Mercié², E Lazaro³, P Duffau²

Affiliations

¹ Service médecine interne et immunologie clinique, hôpital Saint-André, 33000 Bordeaux, France. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Service médecine interne et immunologie clinique, hôpital Saint-André, 33000 Bordeaux, France.
³ Service de médecine interne, hôpital Haut-Lévèque, Pessac, 33600 Bordeaux, France.

PMID: 26383767
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2015.08.008

Abstract

Introduction: Pulmonary lesions may be a presenting feature of AL amyloidosis.

Observation: We report a 49-year-old male with AL amyloidosis secondary to a multiple myeloma with symptomatic interstitial pulmonary lesions and chronic cough as the presenting feature.

Conclusion: Lung involvement is relatively frequent during AL amyloidosis but most of the time it remains asymptomatic. Interstitial pneumonia is the rarest condition of pulmonary amyloidosis. It is related to a large diffusion of the disease as demonstrated by the usual concurrent presence of cardiac lesions.

Keywords: Amyloidosis; Amylose; Hypogammaglobulinemia; Hypogammaglobulinémie; Interstitial pneumonia; Multiple myeloma; Myélome; Pneumopathie interstitielle.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Amyloidosis / complications
Amyloidosis / diagnosis*
Cough / diagnosis*
Cough / etiology
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Immunoglobulin Light-chain Amyloidosis
Lung Diseases, Interstitial / complications
Lung Diseases, Interstitial / diagnosis*
Male
Middle Aged