Primary systemic amyloidosis, acquired cutis laxa and cutaneous mucinosis in a patient with multiple myeloma

• Autors principals: Fernanda Guedes Lavorato (Autor), Maria de Fátima Guimarães Scotelaro Alves (Autor), Juan Manuel Piñeiro Maceira (Autor), Natasha Unterstell (Autor), Laura Araújo Serpa (Autor), Luna Azulay-Abulafia (Autor)
• Format: Llibre
• Publicat: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2013-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Matèries: article
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A 57-year-old woman presented with periorbital ecchymoses, laxity in skin folds, polyneuropathy and bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. A skin biopsy of the axillary lesion demonstrated fragmentation of elastic fibers, but with a negative von Kossa stain, consistent with cutis laxa. The diagnosis of p...