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Giant primary amyloidoma of the tonsil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Manuel López Amado ,
María José Lorenzo Patiño ,
Gonzalo López Blanco  and
Francisco Arnal Monreal
Manuel López Amado*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital ‘Juan Canalejo”, La Coruña, Spain.
María José Lorenzo Patiño
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Hospital ‘Juan Canalejo’, La Coruña, Spain.
Gonzalo López Blanco
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital ‘Juan Canalejo”, La Coruña, Spain.
Francisco Arnal Monreal
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Hospital ‘Juan Canalejo’, La Coruña, Spain.
*
Address for correspondence: Manuel López Amado, Avda Carrero Blanco 16-2°D, 27002-Lugo, Spain. Fax: 07-34-81-178052
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Abstract

A case of giant amyloidoma in the left tonsil with extensive osseous metaplasia and a scanty and patchy monoclonal population of IgG Kappa plasma cells, is presented.

Localized tumoral amyloidosis is a rare, benign tumour of the upper aerodigestive tract. Organ-limited amyloidosis has been shown to be confined to various systems but, since the lesion was first described, only four cases situated in the tonsils have been reported in the English literature, and none of these had either osseous metaplasia or a monoclonal population of IgG Kappaplasma cells.

Keywords

Tonsillar neoplasmsAmyloidosis
Type
Pathology in Focus
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 110 , Issue 6 , June 1996 , pp. 613 - 615
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1996

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