13 June 2022: Articles
A 65-Year-Old Woman with an Enlarged Tongue Due to Amyloidosis
Unusual clinical course, Challenging differential diagnosis, Unusual or unexpected effect of treatment, Educational Purpose (only if useful for a systematic review or synthesis), Rare coexistence of disease or pathology
Hani H. Mawardi A* , Sara K. Akeel B , Sara AlFarabi Ali C , Lena S. Elbadawi C , Soulafa A. Almazrooa ADOI: 10.12659/AJCR.936192
Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e936192
Figure 2. (A) Photomicrograph of the tongue showing normal surface epithelium with an underlying connective tissue containing eosinophilic deposits of globular amorphous material in the lamina propria in hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) section (×100 magnification); (B) H&E section of the tongue showing vascular connective tissue with eosinophilic globular amorphous deposits (×200 magnification); (C) Photomicrograph of tongue with Congo red stain viewed under normal light showing vascular connective tissue with orange-red deposits in the lamina propria (×100 magnification); and (D) Photomicrograph of Congo red stain viewed under polarized light showing areas of apple-green birefringence of the amyloid deposits.