The Hidden Cost of Untreated Paragangliomas of the Head and Neck: Systemic Reactive (AA) Amyloidosis

Erkan Dervisoglu; Murat Ozturk; Mehmet Tuncay; Gulhatun Kilic Dervisoglu; Yesim Gurbuz; Serhan Derin

doi:10.1155/2015/250604

Case Reports in Nephrology (Jan 2015)

The Hidden Cost of Untreated Paragangliomas of the Head and Neck: Systemic Reactive (AA) Amyloidosis

Erkan Dervisoglu,
Murat Ozturk,
Mehmet Tuncay,
Gulhatun Kilic Dervisoglu,
Yesim Gurbuz,
Serhan Derin

Affiliations

Erkan Dervisoglu: Department of Nephrology, School of Medicine, Kocaeli University, 41000 Kocaeli, Turkey
Murat Ozturk: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, School of Medicine, Kocaeli University, 41000 Kocaeli, Turkey
Mehmet Tuncay: Department of Nephrology, School of Medicine, Kocaeli University, 41000 Kocaeli, Turkey
Gulhatun Kilic Dervisoglu: Department of Neurology, Kandira Government Hospital, 41600 Kocaeli, Turkey
Yesim Gurbuz: Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Kocaeli University, 41000 Kocaeli, Turkey
Serhan Derin: Department of Otorhinolaryngology School of Medicine, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, 48000 Muğla, Turkey

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/250604
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2015

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We report a case of a 51-year-old man who was diagnosed with systemic reactive (AA) amyloidosis in association with untreated glomus jugulare and glomus caroticum tumors. He refused radiotherapy and renal replacement therapy. Paragangliomas, although rare, should be considered one of the tumors that can result in AA amyloidosis.

Published in Case Reports in Nephrology

ISSN: 2090-6641 (Print); 2090-665X (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1731

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