Echocardiography as the first diagnostic clue to rapidly progressive systemic AL amyloidosis associated with multiple site thrombosis. A case report

Med Ultrason. 2017 Nov 29;19(4):451-453. doi: 10.11152/mu-1095.

Abstract

AL-amyloidosis is a rare, but complex disease, with a severe prognosis, cardiac involvement being found in half of the patients. The rapid increase of the LV wall thickness predicts an unfavorable evolution. We report the case of a 63-year-old man diagnosed with AL-amyloidosis, with cardiac involvement, associated with multiple site thrombosis. Specific echocardiographic methods like tissue Doppler imaging and speckle tracking provided crucial diagnostic and prognostic information.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Disease Progression*
  • Echocardiography / methods*
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin Light-chain Amyloidosis / complications*
  • Immunoglobulin Light-chain Amyloidosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Thrombosis / complications*