Familiäre Amyloidose vom Typ Morbus Andrade in einer griechischen Familie

Abstract

Andrade's disease, which is a type of familial amyloidosis, is not common in Greece and seems to be restricted to the region of Heraklion, Crete. The authors describe a case of Andrade's disease which began with ocular symptoms when the patient was 29. After two years the full clinical picture of the disease developed. The ocular symptoms are often the first manifestations of this fatal disease. The paper includes the family tree of the patient, proving the hereditary origin of the disease.