[Systemic AL-amyloidosis with extensive pulmonary and vascular lesions]. / Sistemnyi AL-amiloidoz s preimushchestvennym porazheniem legkikh i sosudov.

Here is an observation data on systemic AL-amiloidosis with primary lesion of lungs and vessels (a false hemorrhagic syndrome, ischemic insult in the region of middle cerebral artery). At the same time lesions of kidneys and heart became of minor significance. Amiloid lesion of lungs was characterized by unusual combination of symptoms: a galloping hydrothorax, a vast focus in the consolidation of pulmonary tissue with focuses of calcification, relapsing pneumothorax.