amyloid/edema

BACKGROUND Familial amyloid polyneuropathy is a group of autosomal dominant disorders characterized by extracellular amyloid deposition in several target organs. This paper aims to report an unusual manifestation of retinal vascular leakage including optic disc and macular edema in a patient with

OBJECTIVE Immune therapy against amyloid-β appears to be a promising target in Alzheimer disease. However, a dose-related risk for ARIA on FLAIR images thought to represent parenchymal vasogenic edema or sulcal effusion (termed "ARIA-E"), has been observed in clinical trials. To assess the intensity

OBJECTIVE To report a case of secondary corneal amyloidosis in a chronic hydrops lesion of a patient with pellucid marginal degeneration (PMD). METHODS Clinicopathologic case report with a review of the literature. A 63-year-old man with PMD developed acute hydrops in 1999, which never resolved and

BACKGROUND Prognosis in light-chain (AL) and transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis is influenced by cardiac involvement. ATTR amyloidosis has better prognosis than AL amyloidosis despite more amyloid infiltration, suggesting additional mechanisms of damage in AL amyloidosis. OBJECTIVE The aim of the