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SUBMITTER: Mardahayev H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6630020 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Respiratory medicine case reports 20190709
We present two cases of patients with chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) who developed different forms of pulmonary amyloidosis. In both cases malignancy was considered as primary diagnosis. Transthoracic biopsy confirmed pulmonary amyloidosis. In the first case the patient presented with progressive dyspnoea over a two years period. Initial assessment was consistent with a diagnosis of COPD but progressive changes in symptoms and lung functions and subsequently CT Thorax revealed possible ...[more]