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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Lab Physicians 2015; 7(01): 061-063
DOI: 10.4103/0974-2727.151694
Case Report

Calcified Amyloid Tumor of Neck with Exuberant Giant Cell Reaction

Arghya Bandyopadhyay
Department of Pathology, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan, West Bengal, India
,
Shubham Bhattacharya
Department of Pathology, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan, West Bengal, India
,
Barnali Maiti
Department of Pathology, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan, West Bengal, India
,
Koushik Bose
Department of Pathology, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan, West Bengal, India
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ABSTRACT

Amyloidosis is a group of disorders characterized by an extracellular deposition of an abnormal amount of proteins in a variety of organs resulting from abnormal folding of protein. It typically presents as disseminated deposits. Tumor like localized presentation of amyloidosis in the absence of systemic amyloidosis is referred to as amyloidoma or amyloid tumor. Amyloidoma is the least common presentation of tissue amyloid deposition. Amyloidoma of soft tissue is again a very rare entity, especially in the neck region. Calcification and minimum giant cell reaction can occur in amyloidoma. However, extensive calcification and exuberant giant cell reaction in amyloidoma of soft tissue neck make it difficult to diagnose. In this report, we discuss such a rare case with its differential diagnoses.

Key words

Amyloidoma - amyloidosis - giant cell - neck


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