Hemorrhagic bullous amyloidosis. A histologic, immunocytochemical, and ultrastructural study of two patients

Arch Dermatol. 1988 Nov;124(11):1683-6. doi: 10.1001/archderm.124.11.1683.

Abstract

In patients with bullous hemorrhagic amyloidosis of the skin, the skin lesions were the first manifestations of a plasma cell dyscrasia. Both cases were characterized by similar clinical, histologic, and ultrastructural findings showing an intradermal blister within deposits of amyloid substances. Immunohistologic investigations with a panel of antibodies directed against amyloid fibril proteins showed reactivity of the amyloid deposits with an anti-A lambda serum in both patients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Amyloid / analysis
  • Amyloidosis / complications
  • Amyloidosis / pathology*
  • Basement Membrane / pathology
  • Female
  • Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Humans
  • Immunoenzyme Techniques
  • Skin / analysis
  • Skin / pathology*
  • Skin / ultrastructure
  • Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / complications
  • Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / pathology*
  • Staining and Labeling

Substances

  • Amyloid