This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

Per Westermark, MD; Sven Öhman, MD; Margareta Domar, MD; Knut Sletten, PhD

Arch Dermatol. 1981;117(12):782-784.

Abstract
• The distribution pattern of amyloid deposition varies greatly in systemic amyloidosis. In primary and myeloma-associated amyloidosis, skin manifestations are common. Three patients with myeloma-associated amyloidosis had bullae or signs of increased skin fragility caused by cleavage in extensive dermal amyloid deposits. The bullae in bullous amyloidosis are, therefore, unique since they are intradermal, not subepidermal.

(Arch Dermatol 1981;117:782-784)

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Pathology (Dr Westermark) and Dermatology (Drs Öhman and Domar), University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden; and the Institute of Biochemistry, University of Oslo, Norway (Dr Sletten).

Footnotes
Accepted for publication March 19, 1981.

Reprint requests to Department of Pathology, University Hospital, Box 553, Uppsala S-751 22, Sweden (Dr Westermark).

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?

THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES

Papulonodular Lesions
Dominey et al.
Arch Dermatol 1990;126:235-236.
ABSTRACT  

Hemorrhagic Bullous Amyloidosis: A Histologic, Immunocytochemical, and Ultrastructural Study of Two Patients
Bieber et al.
Arch Dermatol 1988;124:1683-1686.
ABSTRACT