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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2015 Apr 2;21(8):1413–1417. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2015.03.025

Table 2.

Clinical Presentation Of The Involved Organs

Evaluation of the
involved organs
Clinical Laboratory Imaging Other
Kidney Generalized edema, ascites, dypnea Proteinuria

Biopsy
NA AL
deposition
on renal
biopsy
Heart Dyspnea, pedal edema, fatigue Elevated NT-Pro
BNP; Troponin T
or I
Echo Endomyocar
dial biopsy
Peripheral Nerve Pain, tigling, numbness, parestheis Nerve biopsy NA EMG, NCS
GI Diarrhea, nausea, weight loss,
constipation
Barium
studies
Upper or
lower GI
endoscopy
Soft tissue Tongue enlargement, Lymph node
enlargement, Muscle pain or
weakness, Carpal tunnel syndrome
NA CT scan of
the
involved
area
Biopsy of
the involved
organ
Liver Hepatomegaly Abnormal liver
function tests
CT scan,
Ultrasound
Liver biopsy
Lung Shortness of breath, hempotyiss NA CXR, CT
scan
PFT, lung
biopsy