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

• Main Authors: Fernanda Guedes Lavorato (Author), Maria de Fátima Guimarães Scotelaro Alves (Author), Juan Manuel Piñeiro Maceira (Author), Natasha Unterstell (Author), Laura Araújo Serpa (Author), Luna Azulay-Abulafia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2013-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...