18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography might be useful for diagnosis of hepatic amyloidosis

We report on a woman with hepatic involvement of primary systemic (immunoglobulin light chain, AL) amyloidosis. Her diagnosis was confirmed by liver biopsy. Clinical symptoms of hepatic amyloidosis are generally mild at its first stage, with most frequent findings being hepatomegaly and alkaline pho...

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Autores principales: Tawada, Akinobu, Kanda, Tatsuo, Oide, Takashi, Tsuyuguchi, Toshio, Imazeki, Fumio, Nakatani, Yukio, Yokosuka, Osamu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4074181/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25018655
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S63296

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4074181/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25018655
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S63296

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