Amyloidoma: A Rare Cause of Soft Tissue Swelling in the Thigh

Author:

Tan SZ1,Ng CY2,Nawroz IM3,Jamieson KA4,Marks RC5

Affiliation:

1. Medical Student University of Edinburgh

2. Specialist Registrar in Orthopaedics South East Scotland Rotation

3. Consultant Pathologist Fife Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

4. Consultant Radiologist Fife Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

5. Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Fife Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Abstract

Soft tissue amyloidoma of the extremities is extremely rare and there are only 12 reported cases in the English literature to date. We present a case of soft tissue amyloidoma of the thigh in a 74-year-old lady.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

General Medicine

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