Stiffness and amyloidosis: to be continued….

We have recently published a paper dealing with the use of transient elastography in a case of liver amyloidosis [1]. We would like to enrich our report by describing a case similar to the one reported earlier which occurred recently in our Institution in a patient with Castleman’s disease. Castleman’s disease (also known as ‘giant lymph node hyperplasia’) is a rare clinicopathological entity belonging to the group of atypical lymphoproliferative disorders [2]. It is well known that this disease can be complicated by the occurrence of secondary systemic and renal amyloid A (AA) amyloidosis [3]. Furthermore, some authors reported a case of hepatic amyloidosis and Castleman’s disease diagnosed with liver biopsy [4].