NASOPHARINGEAL AMYLOIDOSIS BE PART OF SYSTEMIC AMYLOIDOSIS.

NASOPHARINGEAL AMYLOIDOSIS BE PART OF SYSTEMIC
AMYLOIDOSIS
Herlina Eka Shinta1, I Made Gotra2, Herman Saputra3
Department of Anatomical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine Udayana University, Denpasar, Indonesia

ABSTRACT
Background
Amyloidosis is a rare disease.
Case
The case of men aged 49 years , with complaints of enlargement in the neck region coli in the
left and right are growing for 3 years. On examination ct-scan obtained solid mass with
heterogeneous density in the nasopharynx right and left (dominant right). There does not
appear to erosion and bone destruction. On microscopic examination of tissue obtained in the
form of homogeneous eosinophilic material. Patients diagnosed as nasopharyngeal
amyloidosis with involvement of systemic amyloidosis. Histochemical examination congo
red, giving a positive result amyloid material pink visible under a polarization microscope
gives a positive result yellowish green color (apple - green birefringence ).
Discussion
Amyloid is a protein substance pathological and deposited between various connective tissue
and organ in the body. In this case, primary or secondary Amyloidosis can not be enforced.
Diagnosis based on clinical data, radiological and histopathological of operating materials,

which is supported with histochemical examination.
Keywords : Nasopharyngeal Amyloidosis, Systemic Amyloidosis