Amyloidosis

 

 

Amyloid heart disease, as seen here grossly and on H&E stain, can be part of systemic amyloidosis

or isolated to the heart. Senile amyloidosis is due to abnormal folding of transthyretin.

 

 

1 minute clinical correlation

 

From the slide collection of the late Dr. Charles Kuhn

 

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