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Excision and split thickness skin grafting in the treatment of nodular primary localized cutaneous amyloidosis Volume 16, issue 3, May-June 2006

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Department of Plastic Surgery, University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • Page(s) : 315-6
  • Published in: 2006

Auteur(s) : Kresimir BOZIKOV, Tomaz JANEZIC Department of Plastic Surgery, University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia. <kresimirbozikov@yahoo.com> Nodular primary localized cutaneous amyloidosis (NPLCA) is the rarest of the cutaneous amyloidoses. The amyloid is derived from immunoglobulin light chains (AL protein) produced by local plasma cells [1]. Histological findings are indistinguishable from those of primary systemic amyloidosis, so additional clinical and laboratory evaluation [...]