Yue-Xi Liang

Case Report: Diagnostic overshadowing in a patient with major depressive symptoms later diagnosed with systemic amyloidosis

Background The symptoms of depression may overlap with the early manifestations of systemic diseases, resulting in diagnostic masking. Amyloidosis is a multisystemic disease that has the potential to affect the heart, kidneys, nervous system, liver, lungs and intestines. Cardiac involvement is the leading cause of morb...