Cardiac amyloidosis in a patient with multiple myeloma

Here is a rather extreme example of cardiac amyloidosis in a patient with multiple myeloma who had been on dialysis.  This is a double whammy — the multiple myeloma provides the protein, and dialysis does not clear it.

 

Here’s the H&E image:

 

 

Here’s the Congo red without polarization:

 

Here’s a higher power Congo Red:

 

 

Here is is polarized:

 

 

Another area:

 

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