Sternoclavicular Amyloid Arthropathy in a Patient With End-Stage Renal Disease

Ear Nose Throat J. 2021 Sep;100(8):NP351-NP353. doi: 10.1177/0145561320919194. Epub 2020 Apr 20.

Abstract

Amyloidosis is an extracellular deposition of amyloid located in different organs or in a systemic distribution. We present a case of a 78 year-old male with hemodyalisis assosciated amyloidosisis involving the right sternoclavicular joint. Clinical and imaging implications are described.

Keywords: amyloidoma; amyloidosis; computed tomography; end-stage renal disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Amyloidosis / etiology
  • Amyloidosis / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Joint Diseases / etiology
  • Joint Diseases / pathology*
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / complications*
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / pathology
  • Male
  • Medical Illustration
  • Sternoclavicular Joint / pathology*