The prostate as a good candidate organ for proving amyloid deposition in non-endemic late onset hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis: Report of two cases
•Amyloid fibrils deposit in the prostatic stroma in hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRv) patients.•Late-onset male ATTRv patients commonly present with dysuria with various pathogenesis.•Analyzing prostatic tissue is useful to prove amyloid deposition and evaluate urinary disturbance in late...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of the neurological sciences 2021-05, Vol.424, p.117418, Article 117418 |
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Zusammenfassung: | •Amyloid fibrils deposit in the prostatic stroma in hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRv) patients.•Late-onset male ATTRv patients commonly present with dysuria with various pathogenesis.•Analyzing prostatic tissue is useful to prove amyloid deposition and evaluate urinary disturbance in late-onset male ATTRv patients. |
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ISSN: | 0022-510X 1878-5883 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jns.2021.117418 |