Familial amyloid polyneuropathy in a Sri Lankan family
Galappatthy, P.; Wijeweera, I.; Wijesekara, J.C.; Kodikara, D.R.; Fonseka, H.C.
Ceylon Medical Journal 42(1): 33-35
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0009-0875 PMID: 9164029 Document Number: 480131
A woman who presented with features of peripheral sensory, motor and autonomic neuropathy and amyloid deposits in the vitreous due to familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) is described. Her father had died of a similar illness and one of her brothers and her two children had lesions suggestive of early amyloid deposits in the vitreous. Reports of familial amyloidosis are rare from Asian countries and it has not been reported in Sri Lanka previously.