amyloidosis: bone manifestations

joint pain without radiographic findings
osteoporosis, esp. in axial skeleton
lytic lesions that destroy cortex and invade soft tissue
wrist
- scaphoid and lunate lesions that may extend into the carpal tunnel
- inducing the classic complaints of carpal tunnel syndrome

amyloid arthropathy DDx:

Brian Funaki, MD - 14 February 1995
Last updated: 1 October 2013