Isolated pulmonary amyloidoma: A rare cause of solitary pulmonary nodule

Pulmonary Amyloidoma: A Case Report and Brief Review of the Literature

“…The literature indicates the existence of two amyloid forms with a high potential to affect the respiratory tract. The most common pattern is AL light chain (AL) amyloidosis, with an occurrence consecutive to the deposition of excess immunoglobulin light chain fragments, subsidiarily with a substrate of plasma cell dyscrasia [9,10]. AL amyloidosis accounts for approximately 70% of all systemic amyloidosis cases [9], or 63-80% in other sources [6].…”