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REPORT OF A CASE

MILTON B. ROSENBLATT, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1936;57(3):562-565.

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Recovery from amyloidosis in a patient with chronic progressive pulmonary tuberculosis is a clinical curiosity. While it is true that experimentation with animals¹ and clinical observation2 have repeatedly demonstrated that amyloid tissue can undergo spontaneous absorption if the causative agent is removed, unfortunately the tuberculous patient with amyloidosis rarely recovers from the primary process. The following is a report of a case of clinical cure of generalized amyloidosis secondary to extensive pulmonary tuberculosis and tuberculous pyothorax. The patient has been under my observation for the past four years, during which time the entire cycle of development and regression of the amyloid process has been carefully followed. A. K., a 34 year old man, was admitted to the country sanatorium of the

REPORT OF CASE

Montefiore Hospital in August 1931, with a history of a productive cough and fever of five months' duration. Examination disclosed a fibrocaseous infiltration of the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

From the tuberculosis division of the Montefiore Hospital.

Footnotes
Sigmund M. Lehman Fellow.

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