A 25-year-old Caucasian female with a history of irritable bowel syndrome, presented to the
emergency room with worsening upper bilateral abdominal pain and fatigue that began two …

Background: Amyloidosis is defined by extracellular deposition of amyloid: abnormally
folded proteins characterised by positive staining with Congo red and apple-green …

Julie Ann Linatoc, Samer Nasser, Sri Narsipur, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse,
NY, USA A previously healthy 54-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of …

Secondary amyloidosis is a rare complication of chronic inflammatory diseases, such as
collagen diseases, and is often difficult to treat. In addition, the gastrointestinal tract is …

Background: Secondary amyloidosis is considered an uncommon cause of renal failure
worldwide and is characterized by extracellular tissue deposition of fibrils composed mainly …

Kidneys are commonly involved in systemic amyloidosis. Systemic AA amyloidosis is known
to be associated with states of chronic inflammation such as autoimmune conditions, chronic …

抄録 血液透析歴 3 年の 85 歳, 女性. 透析中に吐血, 上部消化管内視鏡検査で出血性胃潰瘍を
認め入院となった. 症状は一時改善したが, その後腹部膨満が出現, 腹部 CT を施行したところ …

Amyloidosis is a rare but well-described disease, characteristic of extracellular tissue
deposition of misfolded precursor protein involving fibril formation. Both systemic and …

Amyloidosis involves the deposition of abnormal proteins in various tissues and results in
progressive organ dysfunction, commonly affecting multiple organs. Two types of systemic …

We report a case of a 41-year-old African-American male paraplegic for more than 20 years,
who had recurrent infections, renal failure with total urine protein of 840 mg/dL on urine …