Oral amyloidosis
Keywords:
amyloidosis, amyloid, oral injury.Abstract
Amyloidosis is an uncommon complicated disease of a difficult diagnosis occurringdue to the amyloid substance depot in the extracellular medium. Being diagnosed in
the oral cavity, the patient must to be supervised to assess the potential systemic complications of disease. The aim of present paper was to present a case of oral
amyloidosis in a female patient ages 72 presenting with traumatic fibroma. After
performance of a biopsy and the histopathological examination, the diagnosis was
the presence of amyloidosis, confirmed with the help of the sample using Congo red
reactant. Amyloid depots were found in the conjunctive tissue which under the
polarized light showed birefringence. This finding was worrying since the
amyloidosis involves different tissues leading to systemic complications. Thus, the
patient was oriented to search medical care; however she abandons treatment
dying 6 months after diagnosis of the disease. The apparently single oral injuries
may to reveal uncommon diseases and of difficult treatment. The precise treatment
and the medical supervision are essential in the patient's survival.
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