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'''Amyloid''' is one of those things clinicians can put in many differential diagnoses.  The pathologist can diagnose it.
'''Amyloid''' is one of those things clinicians can put in many differential diagnoses.  The pathologist can diagnose it.


=Overview=
==Definition==
==Definition==
*Disorder of protein folding - structure: beta sheet.<ref name=pmid17190124>{{cite journal |author=Lachmann HJ, Hawkins PN |title=Amyloidosis and the lung |journal=Chron Respir Dis |volume=3 |issue=4 |pages=203-14 |year=2006 |pmid=17190124 |doi= |url=http://crd.sagepub.com/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=17190124}}</ref>
*Disorder of protein folding - structure: beta sheet.<ref name=pmid17190124>{{cite journal |author=Lachmann HJ, Hawkins PN |title=Amyloidosis and the lung |journal=Chron Respir Dis |volume=3 |issue=4 |pages=203-14 |year=2006 |pmid=17190124 |doi= |url=http://crd.sagepub.com/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=17190124}}</ref>
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**Typically has basophilic granularity in the blood vessels.<ref name=pmid17076524>{{cite journal |author=Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK, Prayson RA |title=An algorithmic approach to the brain biopsy--part I |journal=Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. |volume=130 |issue=11 |pages=1630–8 |year=2006 |month=November |pmid=17076524 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
**Typically has basophilic granularity in the blood vessels.<ref name=pmid17076524>{{cite journal |author=Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK, Prayson RA |title=An algorithmic approach to the brain biopsy--part I |journal=Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. |volume=130 |issue=11 |pages=1630–8 |year=2006 |month=November |pmid=17076524 |doi= |url=}}</ref>


==Associations - DDx==
=Associations - DDx=
*Infections.<ref name=merck>Amyloidosis. Merck Manual. URL: [http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec12/ch160/ch160a.html http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec12/ch160/ch160a.html]. Accessed on: 3 December 2009.</ref><ref>{{Ref_PBoD|261}}</ref>
*Infections.<ref name=merck>Amyloidosis. Merck Manual. URL: [http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec12/ch160/ch160a.html http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec12/ch160/ch160a.html]. Accessed on: 3 December 2009.</ref><ref>{{Ref_PBoD|261}}</ref>
**Tuberculosis.
**Tuberculosis.
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*Many other conditions...
*Many other conditions...


==Classification==
=Classification=
Amyloidosis can be classified a number of different ways.
Amyloidosis can be classified a number of different ways.


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**Transthyretin - from '''''trans'''ports '''thy'''roxine and '''retin'''ol'' (previous ''prealbumin'').
**Transthyretin - from '''''trans'''ports '''thy'''roxine and '''retin'''ol'' (previous ''prealbumin'').


=Types=
==Secondary amyloidosis==
==Secondary amyloidosis==
*AKA ''AA amyloidosis''.
*AKA ''AA amyloidosis''.
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{{Main|Cerebral amyloid angiopathy}}
{{Main|Cerebral amyloid angiopathy}}
A common cause of [[lobar hemorrhage]] (cerebral cortex, cerebellar cortex) in the elderly.
A common cause of [[lobar hemorrhage]] (cerebral cortex, cerebellar cortex) in the elderly.
==Cardiac amyloidosis==
===General===
*Common cause of restrictive cardiomyopathy.<ref>Cardiac amyloidosis. Medlineplus.org. URL: [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000193.htm http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000193.htm]. Accessed on: 3 December 2009.</ref>
Cardiac amyloidosis - subtypes:
#AL amyloidosis - associated with plasma cell dyscrasia - most common cardiac amyloidosis.<ref name=pmid18329550>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Sharma | first1 = PP. | last2 = Payvar | first2 = S. | last3 = Litovsky | first3 = SH. | title = Histomorphometric analysis of intramyocardial vessels in primary and senile amyloidosis: epicardium versus endocardium. | journal = Cardiovasc Pathol | volume = 17 | issue = 2 | pages = 65-71 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.1016/j.carpath.2007.05.008 | PMID = 18329550 }}</ref>
#Senile systemic amyloidosis - TTR-related amyloidosis (unmutated TTR).
#Hereditary amyloidosis.
#AA amyloidosis is uncommon.
Clinical:
*CHF, conduction abnormalities.
*Kidney disease (proteinuria) - associated with AL amyloidosis.


==Senile systemic amyloidosis==
==Senile systemic amyloidosis==
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*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cardiac_amyloidosis_intermed_mag.jpg Senile systemic amyloidosis - congo red (wikimedia.org)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cardiac_amyloidosis_intermed_mag.jpg Senile systemic amyloidosis - congo red (wikimedia.org)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cardiac_amyloidosis_very_high_mag_movat.jpg Senile systemic amyloidosis - Movat's (wikimedia.org)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cardiac_amyloidosis_very_high_mag_movat.jpg Senile systemic amyloidosis - Movat's (wikimedia.org)].
=Site specific=
==Cardiac amyloidosis==
===General===
*Common cause of restrictive cardiomyopathy.<ref>Cardiac amyloidosis. Medlineplus.org. URL: [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000193.htm http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000193.htm]. Accessed on: 3 December 2009.</ref>
Cardiac amyloidosis - subtypes:
#AL amyloidosis - associated with plasma cell dyscrasia - most common cardiac amyloidosis.<ref name=pmid18329550>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Sharma | first1 = PP. | last2 = Payvar | first2 = S. | last3 = Litovsky | first3 = SH. | title = Histomorphometric analysis of intramyocardial vessels in primary and senile amyloidosis: epicardium versus endocardium. | journal = Cardiovasc Pathol | volume = 17 | issue = 2 | pages = 65-71 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.1016/j.carpath.2007.05.008 | PMID = 18329550 }}</ref>
#Senile systemic amyloidosis - TTR-related amyloidosis (unmutated TTR).
#Hereditary amyloidosis.
#AA amyloidosis is uncommon.
Clinical:
*CHF, conduction abnormalities.
*Kidney disease (proteinuria) - associated with AL amyloidosis.


==Renal amyloidosis==
==Renal amyloidosis==
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==See also==
=See also=
*[[Basics]]
*[[Basics]].
*[[Neuropathology]]
*[[Neuropathology]].


==References==
=References=
{{reflist|2}}
{{reflist|2}}




==External links==
=External links=
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyloidosis Amyloidosis] - wikipedia.org.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyloidosis Amyloidosis] - wikipedia.org.


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