Case Reports Forensic Pathology 2024 Exercise 5: Systemic Amyloidosis with Cardiac Involvement: A Case Report and Review

Authors

Elisabeth Kerpan

Kansas City University

Christine James, DO

Diane C. Peterson, MD

Johnson County Medical Examiner

Johnson County Kansas

Kansas City, Missouri

Primary Audience: Pathologists and Clinical Scientists
Secondary Audience: Residents, Laboratory Technologist/Scientist (Includes all sub-specialty areas), Students, Pathologist Assistants, Laboratory Directors and Educators

Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:

·       describe the pathophysiology and various etiologies of cardiac amyloidosis;

·       delineate the differential diagnoses for cardiac amyloidosis;

·       discuss the diagnostic workup and characteristic findings of cardiac amyloidosis; and

·       identify cardiac amyloidosis in a histologic sample.