Amyloidosis is most commonly seen in
Ref Robbins 8/e p253; 9/e p259 Amyloid replacement of islets is a characteristics finding in individual with long standing type 2 diabetes .it is believed that the islet amyloid protein is directly cytotoxic to isletsanalogous to the role played by amyloid plaques implicated in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease
Maturity onset DM
Type1DM
Type2DM
Equally seen with all forms of DM
General anatomy