A patient with diffuse large B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and AA type amyloidosis.


Piskin O., Alacacioglu İ., Ozkal S., Ozcan M. A., DEMİRKAN F., ÖZSAN G. H., ...More

Journal of B.U.ON. : official journal of the Balkan Union of Oncology, vol.13, no.1, pp.113-6, 2008 (Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 13 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Journal Name: Journal of B.U.ON. : official journal of the Balkan Union of Oncology
  • Journal Indexes: Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.113-6
  • Keywords: AA amyloidosis, amyloidosis, diabetes mellitus type 2, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, LOCALIZED PULMONARY AMYLOIDOSIS, MARGINAL-ZONE LYMPHOMA, CHAIN DEPOSITION DISEASE, NECROSIS-FACTOR-ALPHA, WALDENSTROMS MACROGLOBULINEMIA, RENAL AMYLOIDOSIS, LIGHT-CHAIN, NERVOUS-SYSTEM, MALT-LYMPHOMA, TUMOR
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

AA-type amyloidosis is a consequence of a long-standing systemic inflammation and is not associated with a monoclonal protein or clonal bone marrow plasma cells. Pro-inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin (IL)1, IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) stimulate the synthesis of serum amyloid A during inflammation. Although the association of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) with AL-type amyloidosis is well known and patients with Hodgkin lymphoma with AA amyloidosis have been described, AA-type amyloidosis with NHL is extremely infrequent. We report a case of amyloidosis associated with NHL that subsided during R-CHOP chemotherapy.