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Nasal involvement in systemic amyloidosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

S. P. Dubey
Affiliation:
Senior Resident, Department of Otolaryngology, Nehru Hospital, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, (PGIMER), Chandigarh—160012, India.
Y. N. Mehra*
Affiliation:
Professor and Head, Department of Otolaryngology, Nehru Hospital, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, (PGIMER), Chandigarh—160012, India.
A. K. Banerjee
Affiliation:
Professor, Department of Pathology, Nehru Hospital, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, (PGIMER), Chandigarh—160012, India.
S. B. S. Mann
Affiliation:
Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Nehru Hospital, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, (PGIMER), Chandigarh—160012, India.
K. Garg
Affiliation:
Lecturer, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Nehru Hospital, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, (PGIMER), Chandigarh—160012, India.
V. I. Nehru
Affiliation:
Senior Resident, Department of Otolaryngology, Nehru Hospital, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, (PGIMER), Chandigarh—160012, India.
*
Prof. Y. N. Mehra, Dept. of Otolaryngology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh—160012, India.

Abstract

A localized amyloid deposit in the nose is extremely rare and involvement of the nose involvement in systemic amyloidosis is presented.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1988

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