Demographic, Clinical, and Radiologic Features of 18 Subjects with Pulmonary Amyloidosis
Characteristic | Data |
Male sex | 9 (50) |
Age (y) | |
Mean ± SD | 64.8 ± 13.1 |
Median | 69.5 |
Range | 32–80 |
Smoking status | |
Current | 2 (11) |
Previous | 4 (22) |
Never | 12 (67) |
Presenting symptoms | |
Dyspnea | 6 (33) |
Cough | 5 (28) |
Fatigue | 2 (11) |
None | 8 (44) |
CT findings | |
Nodules | 14 (78) |
Cysts | 6 (33) |
Interstitial/septal thickening | 4 (22) |
Bronchiectasis | 3 (17) |
Lymphadenopathy | 3 (17) |
Pleural effusion | 3 (17) |
Emphysema | 3 (17) |
Pulmonary function* | |
Obstruction | 6 (43) |
Restriction | 1 (7) |
Reduced DLCO only | 1 (7) |
Normal | 6 (43) |
↵* Pulmonary function results were not available in 4 of 18 subjects.
DLCO = carbon monoxide diffusion in lung.
Data are n followed by percentage in parentheses, except for age.