Amyloidosis surgery

Organ-specific transplant may need to be done, depending on the organ involved. However, surgery is not commonly done in patients with amyloidosis, since it is usually a systemic disease that requires treatment of the underlying cause.

• Patients with symptomatic localized laryngeal amyloidosis and large supraglottic masses require surgical management.^[1]
• Cardiac transplant may need to be done for patients with cardiac amyloidosis.^[2]
• Organ-specific transplant may need to be done, depending on the organ involved.

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