The Hidden Cost of Untreated Paragangliomas of the Head and Neck: Systemic Reactive (AA) Amyloidosis
We report a case of a 51-year-old man who was diagnosed with systemic reactive (AA) amyloidosis in association with untreated glomus jugulare and glomus caroticum tumors. He refused radiotherapy and renal replacement therapy. Paragangliomas, although rare, should be considered one of the tumors that...
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| author | Erkan Dervisoglu Murat Ozturk Mehmet Tuncay Gulhatun Kilic Dervisoglu Yesim Gurbuz Serhan Derin |
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| description | We report a case of a 51-year-old man who was diagnosed with systemic reactive (AA) amyloidosis in association with untreated glomus jugulare and glomus caroticum tumors. He refused radiotherapy and renal replacement therapy. Paragangliomas, although rare, should be considered one of the tumors that can result in AA amyloidosis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-116bdbb822f84f5ab845508fac62237c2025-02-03T06:01:05ZengWileyCase Reports in Nephrology2090-66412090-665X2015-01-01201510.1155/2015/250604250604The Hidden Cost of Untreated Paragangliomas of the Head and Neck: Systemic Reactive (AA) AmyloidosisErkan Dervisoglu0Murat Ozturk1Mehmet Tuncay2Gulhatun Kilic Dervisoglu3Yesim Gurbuz4Serhan Derin5Department of Nephrology, School of Medicine, Kocaeli University, 41000 Kocaeli, TurkeyDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, School of Medicine, Kocaeli University, 41000 Kocaeli, TurkeyDepartment of Nephrology, School of Medicine, Kocaeli University, 41000 Kocaeli, TurkeyDepartment of Neurology, Kandira Government Hospital, 41600 Kocaeli, TurkeyDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, Kocaeli University, 41000 Kocaeli, TurkeyDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology School of Medicine, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, 48000 Muğla, TurkeyWe report a case of a 51-year-old man who was diagnosed with systemic reactive (AA) amyloidosis in association with untreated glomus jugulare and glomus caroticum tumors. He refused radiotherapy and renal replacement therapy. Paragangliomas, although rare, should be considered one of the tumors that can result in AA amyloidosis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/250604 |
| spellingShingle | Erkan Dervisoglu Murat Ozturk Mehmet Tuncay Gulhatun Kilic Dervisoglu Yesim Gurbuz Serhan Derin The Hidden Cost of Untreated Paragangliomas of the Head and Neck: Systemic Reactive (AA) Amyloidosis Case Reports in Nephrology |
| title | The Hidden Cost of Untreated Paragangliomas of the Head and Neck: Systemic Reactive (AA) Amyloidosis |
| title_full | The Hidden Cost of Untreated Paragangliomas of the Head and Neck: Systemic Reactive (AA) Amyloidosis |
| title_fullStr | The Hidden Cost of Untreated Paragangliomas of the Head and Neck: Systemic Reactive (AA) Amyloidosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Hidden Cost of Untreated Paragangliomas of the Head and Neck: Systemic Reactive (AA) Amyloidosis |
| title_short | The Hidden Cost of Untreated Paragangliomas of the Head and Neck: Systemic Reactive (AA) Amyloidosis |
| title_sort | hidden cost of untreated paragangliomas of the head and neck systemic reactive aa amyloidosis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/250604 |
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