A unique case of AH-dominant type nodular pulmonary amyloidosis presenting as a spontaneous pneumothorax: a case report and review of the literature

• Main Authors: Valeria Skopelidou (Author), Pavel Hurník (Author), Lubomír Tulinský (Author), Vladimir Židlík (Author), Jiří Lenz (Author), Patricie Delongová (Author), Helena Hornychová (Author), Patrik Flodr (Author), Tomáš Jelínek (Author), Ludmila Muroňová (Author), Dušan Holub (Author), Petr Džubák (Author), Marián Hajdúch (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Amyloidosis is a rare metabolic disorder primarily brought on by misfolding of an autologous protein, which causes its local or systemic deposition in an aberrant fibrillar form. It is quite rare for pulmonary tissue to be impacted by amyloidosis; of the three forms it can take when involving pulmon...