Renal biopsy established the diagnosis of λ light chain amyloidosis. Serum protein electrophoresis did not detect a monoclonal protein. Serum and urine IFE disclosed λ Bence Jones protein.

Patient B is a 36-year-old white man who presented with a one-and-a-half-year history of progressive bilateral foot pain and bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. He also had an unintentional 40 ...

For example, a patient may present with symptoms of kidney failure before amyloidosis in the kidneys is suspected and diagnosed. If amyloidosis is suspected, a biopsy may be taken form the ...

Kidney biopsy is an important diagnostic tool in amyloidosis; however, an increased risk of post-biopsy bleeding has been suggested to occur in patients with this condition. A more-careful biopsy ...

Amyloidosis may impact long-term survival rates of patients receiving kidney transplants, according to a new study, which found that patients who had end-stage renal disease (ESRD) secondary to ...

Renal interstitial fibrosis is the final common pathway leading to end-stage renal disease in various nephropathies including renal amyloidosis. However, the role of mast cells (MCs) in the ...

The right kidney weighed 250 gm., and the left 200 gm. ... biopsy must be used to demonstrate amyloid, and liver biopsy may be necessary if more readily accessible tissues are not involved.

AMYLOIDOSIS of the respiratory tract ... the diagnosis was made during life by bronchographic studies and bronchoscopic biopsy. ... Congo-red test for amyloid, renal-function studies ...

Systemic amyloidosis is a major cause of renal injury, mostly due to direct kidney damage caused by deposits of abnormal protein called amyloid, in the kidney parenchyma. Skip to content.

The new study was designed to see if a faster and better diagnosis could be made for transthyretin amyloidosis using a modified version of the skin biopsy technique.

PurposeThere is consensus that patients with light chain (AL) amyloidosis with hypercalcemia, renal failure, ... the biopsy, or a slide-based plasma cell labeling index. 10 First-line treatment data ...