Amyloid and Related Disorders (eBook)

Section 1 Introduction/General :01.Aspects of the History and Nomenclature of Amyloid and Amyloidosis – Per Westermark  02.Amyloid Diseases at the Molecular Level: General Overview and Focus on AL Amyloidosis – Mario Nuvolone, Giovanni Palladini, Giampaolo Merlini  03.  AA Amyloidosis- Amanda K. Ombrello, Ivona Aksentijevich  04.  The Hereditary Amyloidoses– Merrill D. Benson 05.Dialysis-Associated Amyloidosis- Paweena Susantitaphong, Laura M. Dember, Bertrand L. Jaber  06.Localized Amyloidoses and Amyloidoses Associated with Aging Outside the Central Nervous System- Per Westermark  07.Cerebrovascular Amyloidoses- John M. Lee, Maria M. Picken Section 2 Non-Amyloid Protein Deposits :  08. Differential Diagnosis of Amyloid in Surgical Pathology: Organized Deposits and Other Material in the Differential Diagnosis of Amyloidosis- Guillermo A. Herrera, Elba A. Turbat-Herrera  09.Light / Heavy Chain Deposition Disease as a Systemic Disorder- Guillermo A. Herrera, Elba A. Turbat-Herrera 10. Glomerulonephritis with Non-Organized Monoclonal Immunoglobulin Deposits- Pierre Ronco, Alexandre Karras, Emmanuelle Plaisier  11.Pathologies of Renal and Systemic Intracellular Paraprotein Storage: Crystalopathies and Beyond- Maria M. Picken Section 3 Diagnosis : 12.Diagnosis of Amyloid Using Congo Red- Alexander J Howie 13.Diagnosis of Minimal Amyloid Deposits using the Congo Red Fluorescence Method - A Review- Reinhold P. Linke  14.Thioflavin T stain - An Easier and More Sensitive Method for Amyloid Detection- Maria M. Picken and Guillermo A. Herrera 15.Fat Tissue Analysis in the Management of Patients with Systemic Amyloidosis - Johan Bijzet, Ingrid I. van Gameren, Bouke P.C. Hazenberg  16.Generic Diagnosis of Amyloid – a Summary of Current Recommendations and the Editorial Comments on Chapters 12 - 15.- Maria M. Picken 17.Routine Use of Amyloid Typing on Formalin-fixed Paraffin Sections from 626 Patients by Immunohistochemistry- Reinhold P. Linke  18.Amyloid Typing – Experience from a Large Referral Centre -  Janet A Gilbertson, Toby Hunt, Philip N. Hawkins 19.Options for Amyloid Typing in Renal Pathology – the Advantages of Frozen Section Immunofluorescence and a Summary of General Recommendations for Immunohistochemistry (Chapters 17 – 19)- Maria M. Picken 20.Amyloid Typing: Immuno-Electron Microscopy -  Laura Verga, Patrizia Morbini, Giovanni Palladini, Laura Obici, Vittorio Necchi, Marco Paulli, Giampaolo Merlini  21.Classification of Amyloidosis by Mass Spectrometry Based Proteomics.- Ahmet Dogan  Section 4 Ancillary Studies of Amyloidosis : 22.Laboratory Support for Diagnosis of Amyloidosis- David L Murray, Jerry A. Katzmann, 23.Bone Marrow Biopsy and Its Utility in the Diagnosis of AL Amyloidosis and Other Plasma Cell Dyscrasias- Sujata Ramamurthy, Lawreen H. Connors, Carl J. O’Hara  24.Laboratory Methods for the Diagnosis of Hereditary Amyloidoses- S. Michelle Shiller, Ahmet Dogan, Kimiyo M. Raymond, and W. Edward Highsmith, Jr. Section 5 Organ Involvement in Amyloidoses : 25.Amyloidoses of the Kidney and Genitourinary Tract- Maria M Picken 26.Cardiac Amyloidoses- Carmela D. Tan, E. Rene Rodriguez  27.Amyloidosis of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Liver- Oscar W. Cummings, Merrill D. Benson 28.Peripheral Nerve Amyloidosis- Adam J. Loavenbruck, Janean K. Engelstad, Christopher J. Klein Section 6 Clinical Issues and Therapy :  29.Clinical and Pathologic Issues in Patients with Amyloidosis – Practical Comments Regarding Diagnosis, Therapy and Solid Organ Transplantation- Jay Dalal, Kevin Barton, Maria M. Picken  30.Emerging Therapies for Amyloidosis- Merrill D. Benson 31.Modern Therapies in AA Amyloidosis- Amanda K. Ombrello,   32.Medicolegal Issues of Amyloidosis- Timothy Craig Allen 33.Amyloidosis from the Patient’s Perspective- Muriel Finkel