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| rowspan="9"  style= "padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''Nephrotic Syndrome and Renal Failure'''
| rowspan="9"  style= "padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''Nephrotic Syndrome and Renal Failure'''<ref name="pmid15327378">{{cite journal |vauthors=Rivera F, López-Gómez JM, Pérez-García R |title=Clinicopathologic correlations of renal pathology in Spain |journal=Kidney Int. |volume=66 |issue=3 |pages=898–904 |date=September 2004 |pmid=15327378 |doi=10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00833.x |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid9370176">{{cite journal |vauthors=Haas M, Meehan SM, Karrison TG, Spargo BH |title=Changing etiologies of unexplained adult nephrotic syndrome: a comparison of renal biopsy findings from 1976-1979 and 1995-1997 |journal=Am. J. Kidney Dis. |volume=30 |issue=5 |pages=621–31 |date=November 1997 |pmid=9370176 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid15327379">{{cite journal |vauthors=Simon P, Ramee MP, Boulahrouz R, Stanescu C, Charasse C, Ang KS, Leonetti F, Cam G, Laruelle E, Autuly V, Rioux N |title=Epidemiologic data of primary glomerular diseases in western France |journal=Kidney Int. |volume=66 |issue=3 |pages=905–8 |date=September 2004 |pmid=15327379 |doi=10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00834.x |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid10793022">{{cite journal |vauthors=Braden GL, Mulhern JG, O'Shea MH, Nash SV, Ucci AA, Germain MJ |title=Changing incidence of glomerular diseases in adults |journal=Am. J. Kidney Dis. |volume=35 |issue=5 |pages=878–83 |date=May 2000 |pmid=10793022 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid16968733">{{cite journal |vauthors=Malafronte P, Mastroianni-Kirsztajn G, Betônico GN, Romão JE, Alves MA, Carvalho MF, Viera Neto OM, Cadaval RA, Bérgamo RR, Woronik V, Sens YA, Marrocos MS, Barros RT |title=Paulista Registry of glomerulonephritis: 5-year data report |journal=Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. |volume=21 |issue=11 |pages=3098–105 |date=November 2006 |pmid=16968733 |doi=10.1093/ndt/gfl237 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid14989627">{{cite journal |vauthors=Bahiense-Oliveira M, Saldanha LB, Mota EL, Penna DO, Barros RT, Romão-Junior JE |title=Primary glomerular diseases in Brazil (1979-1999): is the frequency of focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis increasing? |journal=Clin. Nephrol. |volume=61 |issue=2 |pages=90–7 |date=February 2004 |pmid=14989627 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid15327376">{{cite journal |vauthors=Gesualdo L, Di Palma AM, Morrone LF, Strippoli GF, Schena FP |title=The Italian experience of the national registry of renal biopsies |journal=Kidney Int. |volume=66 |issue=3 |pages=890–4 |date=September 2004 |pmid=15327376 |doi=10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00831.x |url=}}</ref>
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''[[Secondary (AA) Amyloidosis]]'''
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| rowspan="6"  style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''Polyneuropathy'''<ref name="pmid18615140">{{cite journal| author=Marchettini P, Lacerenza M, Mauri E, Marangoni C| title=Painful peripheral neuropathies. | journal=Curr Neuropharmacol | year= 2006 | volume= 4 | issue= 3 | pages= 175-81 | pmid=18615140 | doi= | pmc=2430688 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18615140  }} </ref><ref name="pmid26141332">{{cite journal| author=Watson JC, Dyck PJ| title=Peripheral Neuropathy: A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Symptom Management. | journal=Mayo Clin Proc | year= 2015 | volume= 90 | issue= 7 | pages= 940-51 | pmid=26141332 | doi=10.1016/j.mayocp.2015.05.004 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=26141332  }} </ref><ref name="pmid11859051">{{cite journal| author=Hughes RA| title=Peripheral neuropathy. | journal=BMJ | year= 2002 | volume= 324 | issue= 7335 | pages= 466-9 | pmid=11859051 | doi= | pmc=1122393 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11859051  }} </ref><ref name="pmid28205574">{{cite journal| author=Colloca L, Ludman T, Bouhassira D, Baron R, Dickenson AH, Yarnitsky D et al.| title=Neuropathic pain. | journal=Nat Rev Dis Primers | year= 2017 | volume= 3 | issue=  | pages= 17002 | pmid=28205574 | doi=10.1038/nrdp.2017.2 | pmc=5371025 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=28205574  }} </ref><ref name="pmid27158461">{{cite journal| author=Juster-Switlyk K, Smith AG| title=Updates in diabetic peripheral neuropathy. | journal=F1000Res | year= 2016 | volume= 5 | issue=  | pages=  | pmid=27158461 | doi=10.12688/f1000research.7898.1 | pmc=4847561 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27158461  }} </ref><ref name="pmid16461471">{{cite journal| author=Bansal V, Kalita J, Misra UK| title=Diabetic neuropathy. | journal=Postgrad Med J | year= 2006 | volume= 82 | issue= 964 | pages= 95-100 | pmid=16461471 | doi=10.1136/pgmj.2005.036137 | pmc=2596705 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16461471  }} </ref><ref name="pmid27637963">{{cite journal| author=Hanewinckel R, Ikram MA, Van Doorn PA| title=Peripheral neuropathies. | journal=Handb Clin Neurol | year= 2016 | volume= 138 | issue=  | pages= 263-82 | pmid=27637963 | doi=10.1016/B978-0-12-802973-2.00015-X | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27637963  }} </ref><ref name="pmid219931">{{cite journal| author=Argov Z, Mastaglia FL| title=Drug-induced peripheral neuropathies. | journal=Br Med J | year= 1979 | volume= 1 | issue= 6164 | pages= 663-6 | pmid=219931 | doi= | pmc=1598252 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=219931  }} </ref><ref name="pmid24195230">{{cite journal| author=Remiche G, Kadhim H, Maris C, Mavroudakis N| title=[Peripheral neuropathies, from diagnosis to treatment, review of the literature and lessons from the local experience]. | journal=Rev Med Brux | year= 2013 | volume= 34 | issue= 4 | pages= 211-20 | pmid=24195230 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=24195230  }} </ref><ref name="pmid7745415">{{cite journal| author=Phan T, McLeod JG, Pollard JD, Peiris O, Rohan A, Halpern JP| title=Peripheral neuropathy associated with simvastatin. | journal=J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry | year= 1995 | volume= 58 | issue= 5 | pages= 625-8 | pmid=7745415 | doi= | pmc=1073498 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=7745415  }} </ref><ref name="pmid2153610">{{cite journal| author=Cohen JA, Gross KF| title=Peripheral neuropathy: causes and management in the elderly. | journal=Geriatrics | year= 1990 | volume= 45 | issue= 2 | pages= 21-6, 31-4 | pmid=2153610 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=2153610  }} </ref>
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''[[POEMS syndrome]] (Demyelinating)'''
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| rowspan="7"  style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''Organomegaly (Hepatosplenomegaly and Lymphadenopathy)'''
| rowspan="7"  style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''Organomegaly (Hepatosplenomegaly and Lymphadenopathy)'''<ref>Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:77 ISBN 1591032016</ref><ref>Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:68 ISBN 140510368X</ref>
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''[[Malaria]]'''
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''[[Malaria]]'''<ref name=RBMarmenia>[http://www.malaria.am/eng/pathogenesis.php Malaria life cycle & pathogenesis]. Malaria in Armenia. Accessed October 31, 2006.</ref>
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''[[Kala-azar]]'''<ref>Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In a page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:157</ref>
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''[[Chronic myelogenous leukemia|Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia]] (CML)'''<ref name="pmid9012696">{{cite journal |vauthors=Savage DG, Szydlo RM, Goldman JM |title=Clinical features at diagnosis in 430 patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia seen at a referral centre over a 16-year period |journal=Br. J. Haematol. |volume=96 |issue=1 |pages=111–6 |date=January 1997 |pmid=9012696 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid26434969">{{cite journal |vauthors=Thompson PA, Kantarjian HM, Cortes JE |title=Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in 2015 |journal=Mayo Clin. Proc. |volume=90 |issue=10 |pages=1440–54 |date=October 2015 |pmid=26434969 |pmc=5656269 |doi=10.1016/j.mayocp.2015.08.010 |url=}}</ref>
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* [[Philadelphia chromosome|BCR/ABL gene]] fusion product due to [[Chromosomal translocation|translocation]] [[mutation]] [[Philadelphia chromosome|t(9;22)]](q34;q11)
* [[Philadelphia chromosome|BCR/ABL gene]] fusion product due to [[Chromosomal translocation|translocation]] [[mutation]] [[Philadelphia chromosome|t(9;22)]](q34;q11)

Revision as of 14:36, 6 November 2019

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sahar Memar Montazerin, M.D.[2]

Overview

Secondary amyloidosis needs to be differentiated from other conditions causing nephrotic syndrome, hepatosplenomegaly, and peripheral neuropathy.

Differentiating Amyloidosis from other Diseases

Secondary amyloidosis needs to be differentiated from other conditions causing nephrotic syndrome, hepatosplenomegaly, and peripheral neuropathy.

Differential diagnosis of secondary amyloidosis
Nephrotic syndrome causes[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Hepatosplenomegaly causes[8][9]
  • Metabolic disorders
  • Chronic liver disease and portal hypertension
  • Infectoins
  • Hematologic disorders
  • Rare disorders
Peripheral neuropathy causes[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]
  • Neurologic disorders
  • Inflammatory disorders
  • Toxins
  • Vitamin deficiencies
  • Metabolic disorders
  • Genetic disorders
Organ System Involvement Differential Diagnosis Causes Clinical Features Laboratory Findings Gold Standard Test Therapy
Nephrotic Syndrome and Renal Failure[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Secondary (AA) Amyloidosis
  • Biopsy and congo-red staining of the sample
Primary (AL) Amyloidosis


Diabetic Nephropathy
Minimal Change Disease
Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
  • Biopsy:
    • Podocyte foot process effacement
    • Capillary lumen abolished by the segmental increase in matrix
Fabry's Disease
  • Deficient alpha galactosidase A
Light Chain Deposition Disease
  • Biopsy:
    • Non-amyloid granules
Membranous Glomerulonephritis
Fibrillary-Immunotactoid Glomerulopathy
  • Biopsy:
    • Polycloncal IgG deposits
    • Infiltration of glomerular structures by amorphous acellular material (nonbranching fibrils 12-24nm in diameter)
    • Ig heavy-chain and one light-chain subclass
Organ System Involvement Differential Diagnosis Causes Clinical Features Laboratory Findings Gold Standard Test Therapy
Polyneuropathy[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] POEMS syndrome (Demyelinating)
Metabolic Syndrome (Axonal pathology)
Vitamin Deficiencies (Axonal Pathology)



Guillain-Barre Syndrome (Demyelinating)
  • Delayed F waves
  • Clinical diagnostic criteria (progressive weakness of more than two limbs, areflexia, and progression for no more than four weeks)
Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) (Mixed axonal and demyelinatiing)


  • EFNS/PNS criteria
  • Koski criteria
Multifocal Motor Neuropathy
  • Progressive, asymmetric, distal and upper limb predominant weakness
  • No significant sensory abnormalities
  • Areflexia
  • Clinical criteria (EFNS/PNS):
    • Slowly progressive or step-wise progressive, focal, asymmetric limb weakness; i.e., motor involvement in the motor nerve distribution of at least two nerves for > 1 month.
    • No objective sensory abnormalities except for minor vibration sense abnormalities in the lower limbs


Organ System Involvement Differential Diagnosis Causes Features Laboratory Findings Gold Standard Test Therapy
Organomegaly (Hepatosplenomegaly and Lymphadenopathy)[21][22] Malaria[23]
Kala-azar[24]


Infective Hepatitis
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)[25][26]
Lymphoma
Primary (AL) Amyloidosis
  • Typical green birefringence under polarized light after Congo red staining (appears in red under normal light)
  • Congo red staining
  • Melphalan-prednisone/dexamethasone
  • Dexamethasone plus Cyclophosphamide-thalidomide
  • Stem cell transplantation
Gaucher's Disease

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Rivera F, López-Gómez JM, Pérez-García R (September 2004). "Clinicopathologic correlations of renal pathology in Spain". Kidney Int. 66 (3): 898–904. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00833.x. PMID 15327378.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Haas M, Meehan SM, Karrison TG, Spargo BH (November 1997). "Changing etiologies of unexplained adult nephrotic syndrome: a comparison of renal biopsy findings from 1976-1979 and 1995-1997". Am. J. Kidney Dis. 30 (5): 621–31. PMID 9370176.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Simon P, Ramee MP, Boulahrouz R, Stanescu C, Charasse C, Ang KS, Leonetti F, Cam G, Laruelle E, Autuly V, Rioux N (September 2004). "Epidemiologic data of primary glomerular diseases in western France". Kidney Int. 66 (3): 905–8. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00834.x. PMID 15327379.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Braden GL, Mulhern JG, O'Shea MH, Nash SV, Ucci AA, Germain MJ (May 2000). "Changing incidence of glomerular diseases in adults". Am. J. Kidney Dis. 35 (5): 878–83. PMID 10793022.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Malafronte P, Mastroianni-Kirsztajn G, Betônico GN, Romão JE, Alves MA, Carvalho MF, Viera Neto OM, Cadaval RA, Bérgamo RR, Woronik V, Sens YA, Marrocos MS, Barros RT (November 2006). "Paulista Registry of glomerulonephritis: 5-year data report". Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21 (11): 3098–105. doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl237. PMID 16968733.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Bahiense-Oliveira M, Saldanha LB, Mota EL, Penna DO, Barros RT, Romão-Junior JE (February 2004). "Primary glomerular diseases in Brazil (1979-1999): is the frequency of focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis increasing?". Clin. Nephrol. 61 (2): 90–7. PMID 14989627.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Gesualdo L, Di Palma AM, Morrone LF, Strippoli GF, Schena FP (September 2004). "The Italian experience of the national registry of renal biopsies". Kidney Int. 66 (3): 890–4. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00831.x. PMID 15327376.
  8. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:77 ISBN 1591032016
  9. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:68 ISBN 140510368X
  10. 10.0 10.1 Marchettini P, Lacerenza M, Mauri E, Marangoni C (2006). "Painful peripheral neuropathies". Curr Neuropharmacol. 4 (3): 175–81. PMC 2430688. PMID 18615140.
  11. 11.0 11.1 Watson JC, Dyck PJ (2015). "Peripheral Neuropathy: A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Symptom Management". Mayo Clin Proc. 90 (7): 940–51. doi:10.1016/j.mayocp.2015.05.004. PMID 26141332.
  12. 12.0 12.1 Hughes RA (2002). "Peripheral neuropathy". BMJ. 324 (7335): 466–9. PMC 1122393. PMID 11859051.
  13. 13.0 13.1 Colloca L, Ludman T, Bouhassira D, Baron R, Dickenson AH, Yarnitsky D; et al. (2017). "Neuropathic pain". Nat Rev Dis Primers. 3: 17002. doi:10.1038/nrdp.2017.2. PMC 5371025. PMID 28205574.
  14. 14.0 14.1 Juster-Switlyk K, Smith AG (2016). "Updates in diabetic peripheral neuropathy". F1000Res. 5. doi:10.12688/f1000research.7898.1. PMC 4847561. PMID 27158461.
  15. 15.0 15.1 Bansal V, Kalita J, Misra UK (2006). "Diabetic neuropathy". Postgrad Med J. 82 (964): 95–100. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2005.036137. PMC 2596705. PMID 16461471.
  16. 16.0 16.1 Hanewinckel R, Ikram MA, Van Doorn PA (2016). "Peripheral neuropathies". Handb Clin Neurol. 138: 263–82. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-802973-2.00015-X. PMID 27637963.
  17. 17.0 17.1 Argov Z, Mastaglia FL (1979). "Drug-induced peripheral neuropathies". Br Med J. 1 (6164): 663–6. PMC 1598252. PMID 219931.
  18. 18.0 18.1 Remiche G, Kadhim H, Maris C, Mavroudakis N (2013). "[Peripheral neuropathies, from diagnosis to treatment, review of the literature and lessons from the local experience]". Rev Med Brux. 34 (4): 211–20. PMID 24195230.
  19. 19.0 19.1 Phan T, McLeod JG, Pollard JD, Peiris O, Rohan A, Halpern JP (1995). "Peripheral neuropathy associated with simvastatin". J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 58 (5): 625–8. PMC 1073498. PMID 7745415.
  20. 20.0 20.1 Cohen JA, Gross KF (1990). "Peripheral neuropathy: causes and management in the elderly". Geriatrics. 45 (2): 21–6, 31–4. PMID 2153610.
  21. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:77 ISBN 1591032016
  22. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:68 ISBN 140510368X
  23. Malaria life cycle & pathogenesis. Malaria in Armenia. Accessed October 31, 2006.
  24. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In a page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:157
  25. Savage DG, Szydlo RM, Goldman JM (January 1997). "Clinical features at diagnosis in 430 patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia seen at a referral centre over a 16-year period". Br. J. Haematol. 96 (1): 111–6. PMID 9012696.
  26. Thompson PA, Kantarjian HM, Cortes JE (October 2015). "Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in 2015". Mayo Clin. Proc. 90 (10): 1440–54. doi:10.1016/j.mayocp.2015.08.010. PMC 5656269. PMID 26434969.