Localized Amyloid Infiltrations of the Lower Respiratory Tract

Localized amyloidosis of the lower respiratory tract

“…Haemoptysis occurred in this and several other recorded cases (Whitwell, 1953 ;Gordon, 1955). Prowse (1958) related the bleeding to haremorrhage from infected bronchial mucosa between the amyloid deposits which he considered to be avascular.…”

Multiple nodular pulmonary amyloidosis. A case report and comparison with diffuse alveolar-septal pulmonary amyloidosis.

“…Amyloidosis of the larynx, trachea, and bronchi is well known and has been the subject of many reports (Whitwell, 1953;Prowse, 1958;Heiner, 1968;McGurk, 1968;Spencer, 1968;Attwood, Price, and Riddell, 1972). Amyloidosis of the lung parenchyma occurs in two different forms, the nodular type and the diffuse alveolar septal type.…”

“…Although postmortem examinations frequently reveal small foci of amyloid in lung parenchyma which are of no clinical significance, amyloidosis can occasionally form single or multiple nodules or a diffuse pulmonary infiltrate that will draw special attention and will require medical management. Thus far, about 30 to 40 cases of isolated multiple or solitary nodular pulmonary amyloidosis (Whitwell, 1953;Prowse, 1958;Duke, 1959;Condon, Pinkham, and Hames, 1964;Cotton and Jackson, 1964;Fors and Ryden, 1964;Firestone and Joison, 1966;Hayes and Bernhardt, 1969;Zundel and Prior, 1971;Dyke et al, 1974) and less than 15 cases of diffuse alveolar septal amyloidosis (Larsen, 1930;Sappington, Davie, and Horneff, 1942;Bruno and Ober, 1968;Thomsen, 1968;Gonzalez-Cueto et al, 1970;Crosbie et al, 1972) have been reported in the literature. The following is a report of a case of isolated multinodular pulmonary amyloidosis which was investigated at Indiana University Medical Center following discovery by routine chest radiography.…”

Tracheobronchopathia osteoplastica: Its relationship to primary tracheobronchial amyloidosis

“…The first case of primary amyloid tracheoand broncho-stenosis was reported by Balser (1883), and since then further examples of the condition have been published from other countries (Falconer, 1938 ;Whitwell, 1953). The most recent comprehensive British papers on the subject have been written by Prowse (1958) and Prowse and Elliott (1963).…”