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KMID : 0361020100530070452
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Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
2010 Volume.53 No. 7 p.452 ~ p.455
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Bilateral Amyloidosis of the Oral Commisure Surrounding the Facial Artery
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Lee Joo-Hyung
Choi Jin
Chun Byung-Joon
Lee Jung-Uee
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Abstract
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Amyloidosis is a disease characterized by deposition of extracellular fibrillar proteins in various tissues mainly derived from the mesoderm. We experienced a case of a 59-year old man with a localized bilateral mass at the angle of the mouth, which was surgically removed. It surrounded the facial arteries bilaterally with the same pattern, and was diagnosed as amyloidosis pathologically. Followed by further workup, he was finally diagnosed with the multiple myeloma. Cases such as this where an amyloidosis mass surrounded the main branches of the facial arteries has not yet been reported in the literature. We present a case of localized amyloidosis at the oral commisure surrounding the facial arteries with the review of its clinical patterns, diagnostic tools, pathologic findings and treatment.
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KEYWORD
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Amyoidosis, Oral, Facial, Myeloma
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