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Sudden death due to amyloidosis of intramural coronaries in a patient with amyloidosis of hip joint - An autopsy report with a review of literature
Dhaneshwar Namdeorao Lanjewar1, Pradeep Vaideeswar2, Nitin Subhash Deore3, Nirag Chandrakant Jhala4
1 Department of Pathology, Gujarat Adani Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhuj, Kachchh, Gujarat; Formerly Professor of Pathology, Grant Government Medical College, Mumbai, India
2 Department of Pathology, Seth G. S. Medical College and K. E. M. Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
3 Formerly Professor of Pathology, Grant Government Medical College, Mumbai; Consultant Pathologists, Shivay Pathology Laboratory, Near Captain Corner, Laxmi Nagar, Chalisgaon, Dist. Jalgaon, India
4 Professor Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Temple University, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA
Correspondence Address:
Dhaneshwar Namdeorao Lanjewar
Department of Pathology, Gujarat Adani Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhuj, Kachchh, Gujarat
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_1486_20
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Amyloidosis is caused by an extracellular accumulation of insoluble fibrillary protein predominantly in the kidneys, spleen, and heart. The deposition of amyloid into the joints, synovia, and osseous tissues (amyloid arthropathy) is an uncommon condition with only a few case reports in the English literature. Similarly, amyloid deposition predominantly limited to the vascular wall is rarely described. In this report, we describe an additional case of amyloidosis of the hip joint along with amyloidosis of intramural coronaries leading to sudden death in a middle-aged male.
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