Recurrent Pleural Effusions Occurring in Association with Primary Pulmonary Amyloidosis

Recurrent pleural effusions occurring in association with immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis and not associated with amyloid cardiomyopathy are rare. These portend an overall poor prognosis with mean survival time of approximately 1.8 months. We hereby report a case of a 59-year-old Caucasian fe...

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Main Authors: Lauren Tada, Humayun Anjum, W. Kenneth Linville, Salim Surani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pulmonology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/421201
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