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.

Hypopituitarism



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PMID (PMCID)
24521938
MALE
An autopsy case of macroglobulinemia complicated with syndrome of inappropriate secretion of ADH (SIADH) like hyponatremia, hypopituitarism and AL amyloidosis.
Yamada C, Yoneda C, Ogino J, Fukushima S, Kodama S, Asano C, Masuda M, Horie-Tajima K, Toyonaga A, Hiroshima K, Kawamura S, Hashimoto N.
Endocr J. 2014;61(5):417-23.
An autopsy case of macroglobulinemia complicated with syndrome of inappropriate secretion of ADH (SIADH) like hyponatremia, hypopituitarism and AL amyloidosis.