Hematology

Amyloidosis

Questions discussed in this category

Would testing for ATTR cardiac amyloidosis be considered in an older patient with bilateral carpal tunnel surgeries and multiple spinal stenosis surgeries, but no obvious cardiac symptoms?

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How do you approach treating a patient with IgM-AL amyloidosis?

Given the rarity of this diagnosis (5-7% of all AL amyloidosis cases), and the prognostic and clinical differences when compared to non IgM-AL am...

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What options are available for patients with relapsed/refractory AL amyloidosis after Dara-CyBorD, other than clinical trial?

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What is your approach to a patient with systemic AL amyloidosis who has achieved a hematologic response but not an organ response with CyBorD?

Would you proceed to autologous transplant, or switch to an alternate regimen (eg. daratumumab-based) first? Would the type or degree of organ involv...

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How do you approach the workup and initial treatment of systemic AL amyloidosis?

Once a tissue biopsy has confirmed light chain amyloid, what additional tests do you perform as part of a standard workup? In whom should treatment b...

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