Soft Tissue Amyloidoma of Upper Extremity: A Case Report

Ha,  Won; Lee,  Ji Won; Yang,  Wan Suk; Kim,  Sun Young

doi:2013.18.1.45

Arch Hand Microsurg > Volume 18(1); 2013 > Article

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand 2013;18(1):45-48.
Published online March 30, 2013.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12790/jkssh.2013.18.1.45

Soft Tissue Amyloidoma of Upper Extremity: A Case Report

Won Ha, Ji Won Lee, Wan Suk Yang, Sun Young Kim

¹Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Dong Kang General Hospital, Ulsan, Korea. artps@naver.com
²Department of Pathology, Dong Kang General Hospital, Ulsan, Korea.

Received: 29 December 2012 • Revised: 18 February 2013 • Accepted: 26 February 2013

Abstract

Amyloidoma is a solitary tumor characterized by localized deposition of amyloid in the absence of systemic amyloidosis. Soft tissue amyloidoma is rare and occurs most often in the mediastinum and retroperitoneum. Especially, soft tissue amyloidoma of the extremities is exceedingly rare and only 2 cases has been reported in the upper extremity. We report a patient with soft tissue amyloidoma in the upper extremity.