Bilateral Amyloidosis of the Oral Commisure Surrounding the Facial Artery.
10.3342/kjorl-hns.2010.53.7.452
- Author:
Joo Hyung LEE
1
;
Byung Jun CHEON
;
Jung Uee LEE
;
Jin CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. fishyello@naver.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Amyoidosis;
Oral;
Facial;
Myeloma
- MeSH:
Amyloidosis;
Arteries;
Mesoderm;
Mouth;
Multiple Myeloma;
Proteins
- From:Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
2010;53(7):452-455
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Amyloidosis is a disease characterized by deposition of extracellular fibrillar proteins in various tissues mainly derived from the mesoderm. We experienced a case of a 59-year old man with a localized bilateral mass at the angle of the mouth, which was surgically removed. It surrounded the facial arteries bilaterally with the same pattern, and was diagnosed as amyloidosis pathologically. Followed by further workup, he was finally diagnosed with the multiple myeloma. Cases such as this where an amyloidosis mass surrounded the main branches of the facial arteries has not yet been reported in the literature. We present a case of localized amyloidosis at the oral commisure surrounding the facial arteries with the review of its clinical patterns, diagnostic tools, pathologic findings and treatment.
