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N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide of 8643 pg&#47;mL and plasma creatinine of 1&#46;3 mg&#47;dL&#46; Cardiac magnetic resonance &#40;CMR&#41; further confirmed these findings&#44; revealing a diffuse late gadolinium enhancement with a subendocardial distribution throughout the LV&#46; Altogether&#44; these findings were highly suggestive of cardiac amyloidosis &#40;CA&#41;&#59; therefore&#44; the patient underwent further workup&#46; The &#91;<span class="elsevierStyleSup">99m</span>Tc&#93;Tc-HMDP bone scintigraphy revealed no myocardial uptake &#8211; a Perugini score of 0 &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0010">Figure 2</a>A&#41;&#46; Transthyretin &#40;TTR&#41; genetic testing was negative&#46; AL amyloidosis was then suspected&#44; especially given the presence of a monoclonal peak and serum and urine immunofixation positivity for IgG lambda&#46; However&#44; additional assessment&#44; including myelogram and bone marrow biopsy&#44; supported low-risk monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance &#40;MGUS&#41; as the likely culprit of the aforementioned findings&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0005"></elsevierMultimedia><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0010"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0010" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In the multidisciplinary team discussion&#44; we decided to perform an endomyocardial biopsy &#40;EMB&#41;&#44; given the clinical picture of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">de novo</span> heart failure with preserved ejection fraction &#40;HFpEF&#41; with a hypertrophic phenotype&#44; imaging findings highly suggestive of CA and higher diagnostic yield&#46; The histopathology was positive for amyloid&#44; and only TTR was detected on immunohistochemistry &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0010">Figure 2</a>B&#41;&#46; Mass spectrometry was inconclusive &#40;TTR was present in small amounts and other amyloid proteins were present&#41; and failed to identify light or heavy chains of immunoglobulins&#46; Given the above studies and after discussion with hematology&#44; 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Wild-type cardiac amyloidosis with a negative bone scintigraphy: A case report
Amiloidose cardíaca TTR wild type com cintigrafia óssea negativa: a propósito de um caso
Maria Rita Limaa,
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, Bruno M. Rochaa,b, Andreia Marquesc, Carlos M.T. Aguiara,b
a Cardiology Department, Hospital de Santa Cruz, Lisbon, Portugal
b Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation Department, Cardiology, Hospital de Santa Cruz, Lisbon, Portugal
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