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Light chain amyloidosis of the lacrimal glands in a patient with chronic dacryoadenitis
Amyloidosis is a heterogeneous collection of conditions that presents with variable organ dysfunction due to extracellular aggregation of abnormally folded proteins. Systemic light chain amyloidosis is an uncommon disease, and involvement of orbital structures is particularly rare. We present a case of chronic dacryoadenitis in which λ light chain amyloid deposition was detected in the lacrimal gland 6 months after a nonspecific biopsy.
