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Amyloidosis

MedGen UID:
272
Concept ID:
C0002726
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Amyloidoses
SNOMED CT: Amyloidosis (17602002)
 
HPO: HP:0011034
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0019065
Orphanet: ORPHA69

Definition

The presence of amyloid deposition in one or more tissues. Amyloidosis may be defined as the extracellular deposition of amyloid in one or more sites of the body. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

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  • Amyloidosis
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Conditions with this feature

Multiple myeloma
MedGen UID:
10122
Concept ID:
C0026764
Neoplastic Process
Multiple myeloma is a neoplastic plasma cell disorder characterized by clonal proliferation of malignant plasma cells in the bone marrow microenvironment, monoclonal protein in the blood or urine, and associated organ dysfunction (Palumbo and Anderson, 2011).
Familial Mediterranean fever
MedGen UID:
45811
Concept ID:
C0031069
Disease or Syndrome
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is divided into two phenotypes: type 1 and type 2. FMF type 1 is characterized by recurrent short episodes of inflammation and serositis including fever, peritonitis, synovitis, pleuritis, and, rarely, pericarditis and meningitis. The symptoms and severity vary among affected individuals, sometimes even among members of the same family. Amyloidosis, which can lead to renal failure, is the most severe complication, if untreated. FMF type 2 is characterized by amyloidosis as the first clinical manifestation of FMF in an otherwise asymptomatic individual.
Bullous cutaneous amyloidosis
MedGen UID:
78672
Concept ID:
C0268399
Disease or Syndrome
Amyloidosis of gingiva and conjunctiva, with intellectual disability
MedGen UID:
347240
Concept ID:
C1859815
Disease or Syndrome
Amyloidosis, hereditary systemic 1
MedGen UID:
414031
Concept ID:
C2751492
Disease or Syndrome
Hereditary transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis is characterized by a slowly progressive peripheral sensorimotor and/or autonomic neuropathy as well as non-neuropathic changes of cardiomyopathy, nephropathy, vitreous opacities, and CNS amyloidosis. The disease usually begins in the third to fifth decade in persons from endemic foci in Portugal and Japan; onset is later in persons from other areas. Typically, sensory neuropathy starts in the lower extremities with paresthesias and hypesthesias of the feet, followed within a few years by motor neuropathy. In some persons, particularly those with early-onset disease, autonomic neuropathy is the first manifestation of the condition; findings can include: orthostatic hypotension, constipation alternating with diarrhea, attacks of nausea and vomiting, delayed gastric emptying, sexual impotence, anhidrosis, and urinary retention or incontinence. Cardiac amyloidosis is mainly characterized by progressive cardiomyopathy. Individuals with leptomeningeal amyloidosis may have the following CNS findings: dementia, psychosis, visual impairment, headache, seizures, motor paresis, ataxia, myelopathy, hydrocephalus, or intracranial hemorrhage.
Corneal intraepithelial dyskeratosis-palmoplantar hyperkeratosis-laryngeal dyskeratosis syndrome
MedGen UID:
815206
Concept ID:
C3808876
Neoplastic Process
Multiple self-healing palmoplantar carcinoma (MSPC) is characterized by recurrent keratoacanthomas in palmoplantar skin as well as in conjunctival and corneal epithelia. In addition, patients experience a high susceptibility to malignant squamous cell carcinoma (summary by Zhong et al., 2016).

Professional guidelines

PubMed

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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

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Wechalekar AD, Gillmore JD, Hawkins PN
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Diagnosis

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Wechalekar AD, Gillmore JD, Hawkins PN
Lancet 2016 Jun 25;387(10038):2641-2654. Epub 2015 Dec 21 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)01274-X. PMID: 26719234

Therapy

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Prognosis

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Clinical prediction guides

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Recent systematic reviews

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