THE AUTOIMMUNE CONSTELLATION IN LICHEN AMYLOIDOSIS

Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi. 2015 Oct-Dec;119(4):1045-50.

Abstract

Localized cutaneous amyloidosis is a rare disease among white people, being more common in South-Asia, China and South America. The disease is characterized by deposition of amyloid material in the papillary dermis without visceral involvement. Nevertheless, there is a growing list of immune-mediated disorders that have been linked to cutaneous amyloidosis. We present two cases of concomitant occurrence of lichen amyloidosis and autoimmune thyroiditis/atopic dermatitis in two Caucasian women.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Amyloidosis, Familial / complications*
  • Amyloidosis, Familial / pathology*
  • Arm / pathology
  • Biopsy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leg / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Skin Diseases, Genetic / complications*
  • Skin Diseases, Genetic / pathology*
  • Thorax / pathology
  • Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / complications*

Supplementary concepts

  • Amyloidosis, Primary Cutaneous