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ORAL AMYLOIDOSIS: A CASE REPORT

2023; Elsevier BV; Volume: 136; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.oooo.2023.03.268

2212-4411

Mariana Marinho Arêdes, Julia Nascimento de MELLO, Daise Elaine Menezes De Lima, Thiago Moreira Pêssoa, Ruth Tramontani Ramos, Geraldo Oliveira Silva-Júnior, Bruna Lavinas Sayed Picciani,

Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment

Oral amyloidosis is a rare and debilitating disease that, whether primary or secondary, may severely impact the quality of a patient´s life. A 71-year-old female patient, reporting previous renal failure, complained of a burning tongue and difficulty in chewing, lasting four months. Physical examination revealed granulosus mass lesions and a surface with a verrucous aspect on the dorsum of the tongue and in the bilateral buccal mucosa. The main clinical hypotheses were proliferative verrucous leukoplakia and chronic granulomatous disease. An incisional biopsy was performed and microscopic examination revealed a diagnosis of amyloidosis. This case highlights the multiple clinical manifestations of this disease as well as the importance of its early diagnosis to improve the patient´s prognosis.