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Local amyloidosis in the hard palate: a case report

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Amyloidosis is a rare disease of multifactorial pathogenesis. Localized amyloidosis of the palate is extremely rare and only four cases have been reported. We present the fifth case in which amyloidosis occurred as a nodule in the hard palate of a 74-year-old woman. The nodule was diagnosed as amyloid light-chain amyloidosis. Further investigations did not show systemic involvement. The patient was kept under observation and during 17 months of follow-up had no progression of the lesion and systemic amyloidosis did not develop.

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  1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8575, Japan

    Junko Aono, Kenji Yamagata & Hiroshi Yoshida

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Aono, J., Yamagata, K. & Yoshida, H. Local amyloidosis in the hard palate: a case report. Oral Maxillofac Surg 13, 119–122 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10006-009-0158-4

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