1. Primary Localised Amyloidosis of Urethra Presenting as a Penile Stricture
- Author
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Archana Shivmurthy, Arun Chawla, Padmapriya Jaiprakash, and Manna Valiathan
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fibrillar proteins ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Urethral stricture ,Clinical Biochemistry ,030232 urology & nephrology ,lcsh:Medicine ,Localised amyloidosis ,Pathogenesis ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,business.industry ,Amyloidosis ,lcsh:R ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,obstruction ,Urethra ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Clinical diagnosis ,Differential diagnosis ,Diabetic patient ,urethroscopy ,business - Abstract
Amyloidosis is characterized by the deposition of fibrillar proteins by either plasma cells or derived from circulating proteins, the former especially involved in pathogenesis of localised amyloidosis. We describe a case of primary localised amyloidosis involving the urethra, in a 54-year-old diabetic patient, presenting with symptoms of stricture. Though a rare cause, in a patient with clinical diagnosis of urethral stricture, one of the differential diagnosis to be ruled out is primary urethral amyloidosis.
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- 2018