Amyloidosis differential diagnosis

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:

Overview

Amyloidosis needs to be differentiated from systemic diseases including acute myocarditis, bronchiectasis, and multiple myeloma.

Differentiating Amyloidosis from other Diseases

Amyloidosis should be differentiated from the following systemic diseases:

• Acute myocarditis
• Bechterew's Disease
• Bronchiectasis
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Collagen Vascular Disease
• Drug/toxic nephropathy
• Familial Mediterranean Fever
• Glomerulonephritis
• Hemodialysis Amyloidosis
• Interstitial lung diseases
• Leprosy
• Monoclonal gammopathies
• Multiple Myeloma
• Myocardial fibrosis
• Nephrotic Syndrome
• Osteomyelitis
• Peripheral neuropathy
• Restrictive cardiomyopathy
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Rheumatoid Polyarteritis
• Syphilis
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
• Tuberculosis
• Ulcerative colitis
• Vitamin deficiencies