A patient with diffuse large B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and AA type amyloidosis

J BUON. 2008 Jan-Mar;13(1):113-6.

Abstract

AA-type amyloidosis is a consequence of a long-standing systemic inflammation and is not associated with a monoclonal protein or clonal bone marrow plasma cells. Proinflammatory cytokines such as interleukin (IL)1, IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) stimulate the synthesis of serum amyloid A during inflammation. Although the association of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) with AL-type amyloidosis is well known and patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma with AA amyloidosis have been described, AA-type amyloidosis with NHL is extremely infrequent. We report a case of amyloidosis associated with NHL that subsided during R-CHOP chemotherapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Amyloidosis / etiology*
  • Amyloidosis / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / complications*
  • Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Serum Amyloid A Protein / metabolism*

Substances

  • Serum Amyloid A Protein