Three cases of localized cutaneous nodular amyloidosis in patients with limited systemic sclerosis and a brief literature review

• Main Authors: L.S. Goettsche, BS (Author), M.S. Moye, MD (Author), A.J. Tschetter, MD (Author), M.S. Stone, MD (Author), K.A. Wanat, MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Localized cutaneous nodular amyloidosis (LCNA) is the rarest form of localized cutaneous amyloidosis. In patients with LCNA, local plasma cells secrete immunoglobulin light chains called amyloid L via an unknown mechanism. LCNA has been associated with autoimmune connective tissue diseases such as m...