AL amyloidosis

A plasma cell disorder characterized by the aggregation and deposition of insoluble amyloid fibrils derived from misfolding of monoclonal immunoglobulin light chains usually produced by a plasma cell tumor. It usually presents as primary systemic amyloidosis (PSA) with multiple organ involvement and less frequently as primary localized amyloidosis (PLA) restricted to a single organ.

Optic neuropathy



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PMID (PMCID)
24359546
(3878227)
FEMALE Middle Aged
Light-chain amyloidosis mimicking giant cell arteritis in a bilateral anterior ischemic optic neuropathy case.
Neri A, Rubino P, Macaluso C, Gandolfi SA.
BMC Ophthalmol. 2013;13:82.
Herein we report a case of bilateral anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) showing histopathologic evidence of AL-amyloidosis of the temporal arteries.
24359546
(3878227)
FEMALE Middle Aged
Light-chain amyloidosis mimicking giant cell arteritis in a bilateral anterior ischemic optic neuropathy case.
Neri A, Rubino P, Macaluso C, Gandolfi SA.
BMC Ophthalmol. 2013;13:82.
Light-chain amyloidosis mimicking giant cell arteritis in a bilateral anterior ischemic optic neuropathy case.