Calcified Amyloid Tumor of Neck with Exuberant Giant Cell Reaction
Open Access
- 1 January 2015
- journal article
- Published by Scientific Scholar in Journal of Laboratory Physicians
- Vol. 7 (01), 061-063
- https://doi.org/10.4103/0974-2727.151694
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.Keywords
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