Case Reports in Medicine
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 406102, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/2010/406102
Case Report

Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance with Amyloid Deposition in the Lung and Non-Amyloid Eosinophilic Deposition in the Brain: A Case Report

Francois Abi-Fadel,1 Nisarg R. Desai,1 Gita Vatandoust,1 Rabih Said,2 Aaron Gottesman,1,3 and Terenig Terjanian2

1Internal Medicine Department, Staten Island University Hospital, 475 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10305, USA
2Hematology & Oncology Department, Staten Island University Hospital, 475 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10305, USA
3Director Hospitalist Services, Staten Island University Hospital, 475 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10305, USA

Received 8 December 2009; Revised 21 January 2010; Accepted 1 February 2010

Academic Editor: Shaji Kumar

Copyright © 2010 Francois Abi-Fadel et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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