Vol 6, No 4 (2020)
Case report
Published online: 2020-12-02
Primary cutaneous amyloidosis — case report
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Forum Dermatologicum 2020;6(4):126-129.
Abstract
Amyloidosis refers to a group of diseases in which tissues and organs accumulate amyloid — a protein with an abnormal structure, which leads to impairment of their function. There are systemic forms of amyloidosis, involving the internal organs and skin, and cutaneous ones, where the disease process affects only the skin. Here, we present a case of a seventy-year-old woman diagnosed with primary cutaneous amyloidosis.
Keywords: amyloidgammopathyamyloidosis
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