Korean J Otorhinolaryngol-Head Neck Surg.
2010 Jul;53(7):452-455. 10.3342/kjorl-hns.2010.53.7.452.
Bilateral Amyloidosis of the Oral Commisure Surrounding the Facial Artery
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- 1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. fishyello@naver.com
- 2Department of Pathology, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- KMID: 2037235
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3342/kjorl-hns.2010.53.7.452
Abstract
- Amyloidosis is a disease characterized by deposition of extracellular fibrillar proteins in various tissues mainly derived from the mesoderm. We experienced a case of a 59-year old man with a localized bilateral mass at the angle of the mouth, which was surgically removed. It surrounded the facial arteries bilaterally with the same pattern, and was diagnosed as amyloidosis pathologically. Followed by further workup, he was finally diagnosed with the multiple myeloma. Cases such as this where an amyloidosis mass surrounded the main branches of the facial arteries has not yet been reported in the literature. We present a case of localized amyloidosis at the oral commisure surrounding the facial arteries with the review of its clinical patterns, diagnostic tools, pathologic findings and treatment.
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